The Gifts They Gave

Jesus our King, kind and good

Was humbly born in a stable of wood

And the lowly beasts around Him stood

Jesus our King, kind and good

"I", said 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", said 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", said the sheep with pearly horn

"I gave Him my wool for a blanket warm"

"He wore my coat on Christmas morn"

"I", said the sheep with pearly horn

"I", said 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", said 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