Key: D major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Jesus our brother,
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strong and good
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Was humbly born in a stable rude
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And the friendly beasts
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around him stood
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Jesus our brother,
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strong and good.
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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"I," said the donkey, shaggy and brown,
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"I carried his mother up
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hill and down;
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I carried his mother to
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Bethlehem town."
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"I," said the donkey,
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shaggy and brown.
Interlude 2
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Verse 3
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"I," said the cow, all white and red
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"I gave him my manger for his bed;
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I gave him my hay to pillow his head."
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"I," said the cow,
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all white and red.
Interlude 3
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Verse 4
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"I," said the sheep with curly horn,
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"I gave him my wool for
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his blanket warm;
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He wore my coat on Christmas morn."
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"I," said the sheep with
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curly horn.
Interlude 4
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Verse 5
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"I," said the dove from the rafters high,
"I cooed him to sleep so that he
would not cry;
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We cooed him to sleep,
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my mate and i."
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"I," said the dove from the rafters high.
Interlude 5
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Verse 6
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Thus every beast by some good spell
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In the stable dark was glad to tell
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Of the gift he gave Emmanuel,
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The gift he gave Emmanuel.
Outro 1
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