LONG AGO JESUS WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM
WITH NO ROOM IN THE INN THEY SAID,
WHY MARY WAS ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH
AND HAD NO PLACE TO LAY HER HEAD.

BUT WAIT! WE HAVE A BARN OR STABLE
THAT'S THE VERY BEST I CAN DO,
YOU'LL HAVE TO SHARE IT WITH THE ANIMALS
YOU CAN STAY THERE IF YOU WANT TO .

OH YES ! WE WILL TAKE IT THANK YOU
IT WILL DO FINE AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO YOU,
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW YOU WOULD FEEL
ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

LORD, YOU CAN'T GET ANY LOWER OR LONELY
BUT HEAVEN LIT UP THE NIGHT WITH A STAR,
YOUR BIRTH HAD TO BE A MIRACLE
PEOPLE BROUGHT GIFTS FROM NEAR AND FAR.

LORD I DON'T KNOW JUST HOW OLD YOU ARE
OR EVEN IF IT'S YOUR REAL BIRTHDAY,
IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME AT ALL
I PRAISE YOU ALL YEAR, NOT JUST TODAY.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN SO HARD FOR MARY
LORD TO TRAVEL ALL THE MILES SHE TROD,
TO FINALLY GIVE BIRTH TO YOU IN A STABLE
ONLY MARY KNEW AND SO DID GOD.

NO RECORD IN THE BIBLE THAT SHE COMPLAINED
SHE WOULD JUST PRAISE THE LORD AND SING,
SHE WAS SO HONORED TO BE CHOSEN
TO GIVE BIRTH TO THE KING OF KINGS.

Written by
Gilda M. Barham
Christmas 1998