♪ Jesus our brother kind and good ♪
♪ Was humbly born in a stable rude ♪
♪ And the friendly beasts around him stood ♪
♪ Jesus our brother kind and good ♪
♪ I said the donkey shaggy and brown. ♪
♪ I carried his mother up hill and down ♪
♪ I carried her safely to Bethlehem town ♪
♪ I said the donkey shaggy and brown ♪
♪ I said the cow all white and red ♪
♪ I gave him my manger for his bed ♪
♪ I gave him my head to pillow his head ♪
♪ I said, they count all white and red ♪
♪ I said the shape with curly horns ♪
♪ I gave him my wool for his blanket warm ♪
♪ He wore my coat on Christmas morn ♪
♪ I said the sheep with curly horns ♪
♪ I said the dove from the rafters high ♪
♪ I cooed him to sleep that he should not cry ♪
♪ We cooed him to sleep my mate and I ♪
♪ I said the dove from the rafters high ♪
♪ Thus every beast by some good spell ♪
♪ In the stable dark was glad to tell ♪
♪ Of the gift he gave Emmanuel ♪
♪ The gift he gave Emmanuel ♪
♪ Jesus our brother kind and good ♪
♪ Was humbly born in a stable rude ♪
♪ And the friendly beasts around him stood ♪
♪ Jesus our brother kind and good ♪
