The Friendly Beasts
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Jesus our savior 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 savior 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 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 the curly horn
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"I gave Him my blanket for a warm
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And 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 so He would not cry
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We cooed Him to sleep my mate and I
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"I" said the dove from the rafters high
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"I" said the camel all 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 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 they gave Emmanuel
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the gifts they gave Emmanuel
