THE SHEPHERD'S DOG


There's a collie in that stable

Now don't you think I know

That didn't really happen

On that Christmas long ago

Collies had not yet been bred

And when they finally were

The little town of Bethlehem

Was not where it occured

But still it lifts my spirits

And makes my heart feel warm

To make-believe a collie

Was there when he was born

To sit beside the manger

To gently lick his face

Protecting his young master

In all his heavenly grace

When I think about it

I really must confess

That collies have another sense

Most people don't possess

They see beyond the present

And look beneath the skin

Read the writing on a heart

And see the love within

If there had been a collie there

To hear those angels sing

He may have known a herding dog

Might help this new born King

His extra sense would tell him

That child would grow to be

The very greatest shepherd

The world would ever see.


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