sweet little jesus boy they made you be born in a manger sweet little holy child we didn t know who you were didn t know you d come to save us lord to take our sins away our eyes were blind we could not see we didn t know who you were long time ago you were born born in a manger lord sweet little jesus boy the world treats you mean lord treats me mean too but that s how things are down here we don t know who you are you have told us how we are trying master you have shown us how even when you were dying just seems like we can t do right look how we treated you but please sir forgive us lord we didn t know it was you  sweet little jesus boy born a long time ago sweet little holy child we didn t know who you were