Text: | The Friendly Beasts |
Translator: | Anon. |
Tune: | ORIENTIS PARTIBUS |
Harmonizer: | Carlton R. Young |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 Jesus, our brother, strong and good,
was humbly born in a stable rude,
and the friendly beasts around him stood,
Jesus, our brother, strong and good.
2 “I,” said the donkey, shaggy and brown,
“I carried his mother uphill and down,
I carried his mother to Bethlehem town;
I,” said the donkey, shaggy and brown.
3 “I,” said the cow, all white and red,
“I gave him my manger for his bed,
I gave him hay to pillow his head;
I,” said the cow, all white and red.
4 “I,” said the sheep with curly horn,
“I gave him my wool for his blanket warm,
he wore my coat on Christmas morn;
I,” said the sheep with curly horn.
5 “I,” said the dove, from the rafters high,
“I cooed him to sleep that he should not cry,
we cooed him to sleep, my mate and I;
I,” said the dove, from the rafters high.
6 Thus all the beasts, by some good spell,
in the stable dark were glad to tell
of the gifts they gave Emmanuel,
the gifts they gave Emmanuel.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jesus, our brother, strong and good |
Title: | The Friendly Beasts |
Translator: | Anon. |
Meter: | Irr. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1989 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Christ's Gracious Life: Birth and Baptism; Christian Year: Christmas; Christian Year: Epiphany(1 more...) |
Source: | 12th cent. French carol |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ORIENTIS PARTIBUS |
Harmonizer: | Carlton R. Young (1987) |
Meter: | Irr. |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | Medieval French melody |
Copyright: | Harm. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House |
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Audio recording: | ![]() |