Christmas Time's A-Coming (Album Version)

Let me tell you a tale that is often told In the great Celestial Hall

All about an angel only 4 years old The littlest angel of all

How all day he would play with a little box That to others had no worth

Ah but there were treasures in this little box The treasures he brought from earth

Just a butterfly with golden wings A little piece of a hollow log

Two shiny stones from a river bank And the worn out strap of his faithful dog

Then the angels all heard that the Holy Child Would be born in Bethlehem

And they all brought presents for the Holy Child And each gift was a heavenly gem

Then the littlest angel put his little box With the presents fine and rare

And the littlest angel sat alone and cried For his gift was so meager and bare

Just a butterfly with golden wings A little piece of a hollow log

Two shiny stones from a river bank And the worn out strap of his faithful dog

But the Lord chose the gift of the little box That a child had blessed with love

And it started glowing that very night It became the star up above

When you see that star as it shines on high In the great Celestial Hall

You will know the proudest angel in the sky Is the littlest angel of all

With his butterfly with golden wings A little piece of a hollow log

Two shiny stones from a riverbank And the worn out strap of his faithful dog