It came to pass back in those days that Caesar, he decreed
A census would be taken of the Roman world, you see
So everyone packed up and headed back to their home towns

And this couple up from Galilee to Bethlehem was bound

So it came to pass this man named Joe was with his fiance

Back when her pregnancy began to show he planned to go away
But it came to pass that in a dream an angel of the Lord
Said, "Joseph, don't you be afraid to marry Mary for

The little baby in her womb it is the Holy Spirit's work
You may have read the prophet said a virgin would give birth


So it came to pass that Joseph was the noblest of men
With a woman on a donkey on their way to Bethlehem
And I wonder whether either was aware enough that day

To know the child would bring a Kingdom
and the old would come to pass away


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