(Dolly Parton)      Once upon a Christmas far away in Bethlehem    Mary being great with child had no place to lie down    So Joseph found a stable in which Mary had her child    Once upon a Christmas was the birth of Jesus Christ    Once upon a Christmas in a manger far away    A King was born His palace was a manger filled with hay    His royal robe was swaddling cloth a halo was His crown    Once upon a Christmas away in Bethlehem       And all the world rejoiced because the King was born at last    A savior had been promised now it had come to pass    And the joyful news that He was born spread quickly far and wide    Once upon a Christmas was the birth of Jesus Christ       Once upon a Christmas from the Far East wise men came    With gold and myrrh and frankincense to praise the newborn King    And shepherds left their flocks and came to see and worship Him    Once upon a Christmas away in Bethlehem       And all the world rejoiced because the King was born at last    A savior had been promised now it had come to pass    And the joyful news that He was born spread quickly far and wide    Once upon a Christmas was the birth of Jesus Christ       Once upon a Christmas far away in Bethlehem