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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 Bethelem town |
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'I' said the donkey shaggy and brown |
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And '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 for 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 a curly horn |
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I gave Him my wool for Him blanket warm |
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And He wore my coat on that Christmas morn |
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'I' said the sheep with a curly horn |
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'I' said the dove from the rafters high |
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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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And 'I' said the camel all yellow and black |
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Over the deserts upon my back |
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I brought him a gift in the wise man's pack |
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And 'I' said the camel all yellow and black |
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Thus every beast remembering 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 |
