The Friendly Beasts

Written by: Traditional - Arranged by Garth Brooks; Album: Beyond The Season; Produced by: Liberty Records-1992

NOTE: Garth Brooks sings the first and last verses, and the part of each of the beasts of the stable is sung by one of Garth's friends, and will be indicated above their part by [brackets].

Jesus our brother kind and good
Was humbly born in a stable of wood
And the friendly beasts around him stood
Jesus our brother kind and good

[Pat Alger]
"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

[Stephanie Davis]
And "I" said the cow all white and red
I gave him my manger for a bed
I gave him my hay for to pillow his head
"I" said the cow all white and red

[Larry Bastian]
"I" said the sheep with a curly horn
I gave him my wool for his blanket warm
And he wore my coat on that Christmas morn
"I" said the sheep with a curly horn

[Victoria Shaw]
"I" said the dove from the rafters high
Cooed him to sleep that he should not cry
We cooed him to sleep my love and I
"I" said the dove from the rafters high

[Tony Arata]
And "I" said the camel all yellow and black
Over the desert upon my back
I brought him a gift in the wise men's pack
"I" said the camel yellow and black

Thus every beast remembering it well
In the stable dark was so proud to tell
Of the gifts that they gave Emmanuel
The gifts that they gave Emmanuel

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