Was only born in a stable of wood

And the lowly beasts around him stood

Jesus our king kind and good

I set the donkey shaggy and brown

I carried his mother up and down

I carried his mother to bethlehem town

I said the donkey shaggy and brown

I set the ox this was my hay

I gave him my manger twas here that he lay

I gave him my manger twas here that he lay

I said the ox this was my hay

I set the sheep with curly wool

I gave him my coat for a blanket warm

He wore my coat on christmas morn

I set the sheep with curly wool

I slipped the dove from the rafters high

I sang him to sleep that he would not cry

We sang him to sleep my love and i

I set the dove from the rafters high

And so every heart by some good spell

In the stable dark was glad to tell

Of the gift that he gave to emmanuel

Of the gift that he gave to emmanuel