♪ 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 uphill and down, ♪
♪ I carried his mother 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 hay to pillow his head; ♪
♪ I,” said the cow, all white and red. ♪
♪ “I,” said the sheep with curly horn,“ ♪
♪ I gave him my wool for his blanket warm, ♪
♪ He wore my coat on Christmas morn; ♪
♪ I,” said the sheep with curly horn. ♪
♪ “I,” said the dove from the rafters high, ♪
♪ “I cooed him to sleep so that he would not cry, ♪
♪ We cooed him to sleep, my mate and I; ♪
♪ I,” said the dove from the rafters high. ♪
♪ Thus all the beasts by some good spell, ♪
♪ In the stable dark were glad to tellIn tell ♪
♪ Of the gifts they gave Emmanuel, ♪
♪ Of The gifts they 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. ♪
