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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 |
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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 |
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Olive park |
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Quiet boy, he never had much to say |
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It was love right from the start |
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He bought a ring and won |
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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 |
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MayHe said "Oh Mary, don't be afraidYou'll bear a son that the Lord has madeName 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 |
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BethlehemBut 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 |
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Kings, the |
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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 |
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SonMary and |
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Joseph were the only ones |
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There on that very first |
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Christmas day |
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There on that very first |
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Christmas day |