Friendly Beasts
1920 — Robert Davis
Key: C (D-DUD-)
Version 4 (2016-11-26)
 
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Baritone
Chords
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Jesus our brother  
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kind and  
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good  
 
 
Was humbly  
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born in a  
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stable  
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rude  
 
 
And the friendly  
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beasts a- 
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round him  
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stood  
 
 
Jesus our  
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brother  
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kind  
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and  
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good  
 
 
 
 
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I, said the donkey  
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shaggy and  
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brown  
 
 
I carried his  
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mother  
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up hill and  
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down  
 
 
I carried her  
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safely to  
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Bethlehem  
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town  
 
 
I said the  
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donkey  
Dm 
shaggy  
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and  
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brown  
 
 
 
 
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I, said the cow all  
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white and  
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red  
 
 
I gave him my  
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manger  
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for a  
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bed  
 
 
I gave him my  
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hay to  
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pillow his  
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head  
 
 
I said the  
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cow all  
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white  
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and  
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red  
 
 
 
 
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I, said the sheep with a  
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curly  
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horn  
 
 
I gave him my  
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wool for his  
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blanket  
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warm  
 
 
And he wore my  
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coat on that  
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Christmas  
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morn  
 
 
I said the  
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sheep with a  
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cur- 
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ly  
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horn  
 
 
 
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I, said the dove from the  
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rafters  
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high  
 
 
I Cooed him to  
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sleep that he  
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should not  
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cry  
 
 
We cooed him to  
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sleep my  
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love and  
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I  
 
 
I said the  
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dove from the  
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raft- 
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ers  
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high  
 
 
 
 
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I, said the camel  
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yellow and  
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black  
 
 
Over the  
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desert up- 
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on my  
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back  
 
 
I brought him a  
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gift in the  
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wise men's  
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pack  
 
 
I said the  
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camel  
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yellow  
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and  
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black  
 
 
 
 
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Thus every beast re- 
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membering it  
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well  
 
 
In the stable  
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dark was so  
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proud to  
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tell  
 
 
Of the gifts that they  
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gave Em- 
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manu- 
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el  
 
 
The gifts that they  
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gave Em- 
Dm 
man- 
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u- 
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el