• Don't go to far, that's what mother had said
    I said okay as I left
    for the woods
    oh, how I didn't know
    that I would be
    lost and alone in
    the deep dark woods
    oh, how I didn't know

    The day got colder and colder
    and the time grew short
    as I turn to leave for home
    I realized I didn't know where I was
    oh, how I didn't know

    Day turned to night
    which became such a fright
    I sat down and cried
    wondering what to do
    oh, how I didn't know

    "Why are you crying little lamb?"
    I looked up from where I sat
    and the person that I saw
    was someone that I knew
    from stories long ago
    oh,how I didn't know

    "I've gotten lost in the woods
    and I don't know what to do."
    I was getting tired and sleepy
    and I drifted off to sleep
    oh, how I didn't know

    I thought it was strange at first
    why I wasn't cold
    when I opened my eyes
    I got such a big surprise
    I was in my bed at home
    how I got there I didn't know
    oh, how I didn't know

    I went down the stairs
    To see what I could see
    I seen my family sitting in chairs
    with looks of worry in their eyes
    oh, how I didn't know

    I just happened to look at a painting
    of an angel
    oh, how I didn't know
    that he was my christmas angel
    oh, how I didn't know