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