a tale that is often told
in the great celestial hall
All about an angel only four years old,
the loveliest angel of all
How all day he would play
that to others had no worth.
the treasures he'd brought from Earth.
Just a butterfly with golden wings,
A little piece of a hollow log,
would be born in Bethlehem.
And they all brought presents
and each gift was a heavenly gem.
And the lidless 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,
But the Lord chose the gift
that a child had blessed with love.
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 river bank,