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Well, it came to pass back in those days that Caesar, he decreed
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A census should be taken of the Roman world, you see
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So everyone packed up and headed back to their home towns
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So Joseph up from Galilee to Bethlehem was bound


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[Verse 2]
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So it came to pass this man named Joe was with his fiance
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When her pregnancy began to show he planned to go away
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But it came to pass that in a dream an angel of the Lord
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Said, "Joseph, don't you be afraid to marry Mary, for
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The little baby in her womb it is the Holy Spirit's work
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You may have read the prophet said a virgin would give birth


[Verse 3]
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So it came to pass that Joseph was the noblest of men
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With a woman on a donkey on their way to Bethlehem
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And I wonder whether either was aware enough that day
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To know the child would bring a Kingdom
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And the old would come to pass away


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[Outro]
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Yes, it came to pass that Joseph was the noblest of men
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With a woman on a donkey on their way to Bethlehem