The Friendly Beast
Jesus our brother, kind and good
Was humbly born in a stable wood
And the friendly beasts around Him stood
Jesus our brother, kind and good.
"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.
"I," said the cow, all white and red
"I gave Him my manger for a bed;
I gave Him my hay to pillow His head."
"I," said the cow, all white and red.
"I," said the sheep with curly horn,
"I gave Him my wool for His blanket warm;
He wore my coat on that Christmas morn."
"I," said the sheep with curly horn.
"I," said the dove from the rafters high,
"I 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.
"I," said the camel, 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
La Bête Amicale
Jésus notre frère, bon et gentil
Est né humblement dans un bois de grange
Et les bêtes amicales autour de lui se tenaient
Jésus notre frère, bon et gentil.
"Moi," dit l'âne, hirsute et brun,
"J'ai porté sa mère en haut et en bas ;
Je l'ai amenée en toute sécurité à Bethléem."
"Moi," dit l'âne, hirsute et brun.
"Moi," dit la vache, toute blanche et rouge
"Je lui ai donné ma mangeoire pour un lit ;
Je lui ai donné mon foin pour reposer sa tête."
"Moi," dit la vache, toute blanche et rouge.
"Moi," dit le mouton avec des cornes enroulées,
"Je lui ai donné ma laine pour sa couverture chaude ;
Il a porté mon manteau ce matin de Noël."
"Moi," dit le mouton avec des cornes enroulées.
"Moi," dit la colombe des poutres hautes,
"Je l'ai bercé pour qu'il ne pleure pas ;
Nous l'avons bercé, mon amour et moi."
"Moi," dit la colombe des poutres hautes.
"Moi," dit le chameau, jaune et noir,
"À travers le désert, sur mon dos,
J'ai apporté un cadeau dans le paquet des Rois Mages."
"Moi," dit le chameau, jaune et noir.
Ainsi chaque bête, s'en souvenant bien
Dans l'obscurité de l'étable, était si fière de raconter
Les cadeaux qu'ils ont offerts à Emmanuel
Les cadeaux qu'ils ont offerts à Emmanuel.
Escrita por: Garth Brooks