The Friendly Beasts Songtext / Lyric

Jesus our brother kind and good
was humbly born in a stable of wood
and the frindly 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

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

"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

"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

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


Garth Brook's comment:

"From the beginning I wanted the beasts of the stable to be separate, individual characters, so I asked some of my songwriting buddies to help out.

The donkey is played by PAT ALGER who wrote "The Thunder Rolls", "Unanswered Prayers" and "What She's Doing Now".

STEPHANIE DAVIS sings for the cow. She wrote "WOLVES" and "THE GIFT".

The sheep is presented by LARRY BASTIAN who wrote "I've Got A Good Thing Going", "Cowboy Bill", "Nobody Gets Off In This Town", "Unanswered Prayers", "Rodeo" and "The Old Man's Back In Town"

VICTORIA SHAW, who wrote "The River" sings for the dove.

And finally, TONY ARATA sings the camel's verse. Tony wrote "The Dance" and "Same Old Story".

My sincere thanks and love to you all. "