The Decree

Then Gabriel came and said to Joseph alone
 "Do not be afraid to make Mary your own
 But go to your betrothed and then be married
 The child is Heaven sent"
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 And it came to pass
 That there went out a decree
 From Caesar Augustus
 That all the world would be taxed
 And each went to be taxed to his own city
 So Joseph also went
 With his lady innocent
 
 With his lady innocent
 
 The lions in the mountains
 Let them pass and followed
 Close by night to guard them
 From Galilee to Bethlehem
 
 She journeyed with only a donkey to ride
 With Joseph walking beside
 Came to David's city
 While she was great with child
 Through a country dark and wild
 Through a country dark and wild
 And on the far horizon
 Rose a strange and brilliant
 Star as though to guide them