It came to pa** 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 pa** this man named Joe was with his fiance Back when her pregnancy began to show he planned to go away But it came to pa** 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 pa** 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 pa** away Yes, it came to pa** that Joseph was the noblest of men With a woman on a donkey on their way to Bethlehem