In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree That a census should be taken of the entire Roman world And everyone went to his own town to register So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee To Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David Because he belonged to the house and line of David He went there to register with Mary Who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child ♪ The first Noel the angels did say Was to certain poor shepherds In fields as they lay In fields where they lay Keeping their sheep On a cold winter's night That was so deep Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel Born is the King of Israel They looked up and saw a star Shining in the East beyond them far And to the earth it gave great light And so it continued both day and night Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel Born is the King of Israel This star drew nigh to the northwest Over Bethlehem it took its rest And there it did both stop and stay Right over the place where the child lay Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel Born is the King of Israel Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel Born is the King of Israel