our brother, kind and good,
Was humbly born in a stable wood,
Jesus, 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 set the cow on white and red
I gave him my manger for his bed
I gave him my hay to pillow his head
I set the cow on white and red
I set the sheep with the curly horn,
I gave him my wolfhorse blanket worn,
He wore my coat on Christmas morn,
I set the sheep with the curly horn.
I set the camel yellow and black,
Over the desert on my back,
I brought him the gifts from
I sent the camel yellow and black
I set the dove from the rafters high.
I put him to sleep so he should not cry.
We put him to sleep, my love and I.
I set the dove from the rafters high.
And so every beast by some good spell
In a stable dark was scared to tell
Of the gift He gave Emmanuel
The gift He gave Emmanuel
The gift He gave Emmanuel