From the recordings The Complete Hymns And Christmas Carols Backing Tracks, A Traditional Christmas - 18 Christmas Carol Backing Tracks, and The Full Traditional Christmas - 35 Christmas Carol Backing Tracks
Jester Hairston (1956)
Lyrics
Long time ago in Bethlehem
So the Holy Bible say
Mary’s Boy Child, Jesus Christ
Was born on Christmas Day!
Hark! Now hear the angels sing:
“A New King’s born today
And man will live for evermore
Because of Christmas Day!”
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
They saw a bright new shining star
And heard a choir from heaven sing
The music came from afar
Hark! Now hear the angels sing:
“A New King’s born today
And man will live for evermore
Because of Christmas Day!”
Now Joseph and his wife Mary
Came to Bethlehem that night.
They found no place to bear her Child,
Not a single room was in sight.
Hark! Now hear the angels sing:
“A New King’s born today
And man will live for evermore
Because of Christmas Day!”
By and by they found a little nook
In a stable all forlorn.
And in a manger cold and dark
Mary’s little Boy/Child was born
Trumpets sound and angels sing,
Listen to what they say!
That man will live forevermore
Because of Christmas Day!
Hark! Now hear the angels sing:
“A New King’s born today
And man will live for evermore
Because of Christmas Day!”