The Friendly Beasts

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Jesus, our brother, kind and good
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Was humbly born in a stable of wood
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And the friendly beasts around Him stood
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Jesus, our brother, kind and good

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I, said the donkey, shaggy and brown
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I carried His mother up hill and down
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I carried her safely to Bethlehem town
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I, said the donkey, shaggy and brown

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I, said the cow, all white and red
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I gave Him my manger for a bed
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I gave Him my hay to pillow His head
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I, said the cow, all white and red

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I, said the sheep with the curly horn
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I gave Him my wool for His blanket warm
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He wore my coat on that Christmas morn
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I, said the sheep with the curly horn

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I, said the dove from the rafters high
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I cooed Him to sleep that He should not cry
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We cooed Him to sleep, my love and I
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I, said the dove from the rafters high

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I, said the camel, yellow and black
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Over the desert upon my back
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I brought Him a gift in the wise men's pack
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I, said the camel, yellow and black

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Thus every beast rememb'ring it well
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In the stable dark was so proud to tell
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Of the gifts that they gave Emmanuel
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The gifts that they gave Emmanuel