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Mary was the first of three
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Long black hair and sugar sweet
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Daddy's eyes and Momma's crooked smile
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She was barely seventeen
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Got a job keepin' dishes clean
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Planned to stay in this city for a while
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For a while
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Joseph ran a lumber yard
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About a mile from Olive park
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Quiet boy, he never had much to say
CC/G
It was love right from the start
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He bought a ring and won Mary's heart
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Had hopes for a home and kids someday
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Kids someday
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The angel scared her half to death
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She would've screamed but she lost her breath
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On a midnight there in the middle of May
CC/G
He said 'Oh Mary, don't be afraid
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You'll bear a son that the Lord has made
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Call him Jesus, He'll light the way'
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She packed the clothes, he made the plans
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They had to go to Bethlehem
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But there was nowhere left to stay
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So in a barn she gave birth
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To the King of Kings, the Lord of Earth
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Just a little bitty thing sleeping on the hay
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Sleeping on the hay
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The story's too long to tell
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But He walked on water and lived through hell
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Killed on a cross and rose from the grave
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We got a King, they got a Son
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Mary and Joseph were the only ones
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There on that very first Christmas day
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There on that very first Christmas day
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(fading out)
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(GC)