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