Sweet little Jesus BoyThey made You be born in a manger Sweet little Holy Child They didn't know who You wereDidn't know You'd come to save us Lord, to take our sins away Our eyes were blind And we could not see We didn't know who You wereA long time ago You were born in a manger, LordSweet little Jesus BoyNow the world treated You mean, LordAnd it's been treatin' me mean too But that's how things are done now We didn't know it was YouYou done told us how And we are a-tryin' Master, You done showed us how Even when You were dyin' It just seems like we can't do right Look how we treated YouPlease, please, forgive us, LordWe didn't know it was YouSweet little Jesus BoyBorn a long time ago Sweet little Holy Child We didn't know who You were
Sweet little Jesus BoyThey made You be born in a manger Sweet little Holy Child They didn't know who You wereDidn't know You'd come to save us Lord, to take our sins away Our eyes were blind And we could not see We didn't know who You wereA long time ago You were born in a manger, LordSweet little Jesus BoyNow the world treated You mean, LordAnd it's been treatin' me mean too But that's how things are done now We didn't know it was YouYou done told us how And we are a-tryin' Master, You done showed us how Even when You were dyin' It just seems like we can't do right Look how we treated YouPlease, please, forgive us, LordWe didn't know it was YouSweet little Jesus BoyBorn a long time ago Sweet little Holy Child We didn't know who You were
