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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 His mother to Bethlehem town |
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I said, the donkey, shaggy and brown |
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I said, the sheep with curly horn |
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I gave Him my wool for a blanket warm |
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He wore my coat on Christmas morn |
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I said, the sheep with curly horn |
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I said, the dove from the rafters high |
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I 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 rafters high |
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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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Of the gift he gave Emmanuel |