long time ago in bethlehem so the holy bible says mary s boy child jesus christ was born on christmas day hark now hear the angels sing new king s born today and man will live forevermore because of christmas day trumpet sound and angels sing listen to what they say and man will live forevermore 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 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 new king s born today and man will live forevermore because of christmas day trumpet sound and angels sing listen to what they say and man will live forevermore because of christmas day christmas day 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 