Johnny Cash

The Gifts They Gave

Johnny Cash


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