Sufjan Stevens - The Friendly Beasts + LYRICS

Sufjan Stevens - Songs for Christmas (2003)

Sufjan Stevens - Ding! Dong!: Songs for Christmas, Vol. III

Recorded December 2003

Sufjan Stevens - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel -- 1:03 (instrumental)
Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Let's Boogey to the Elf Dance! -- 3:50
Sufjan Stevens - We Three Kings -- 3:05
Sufjan Stevens - O Holy Night -- 3:34
Sufjan Stevens - That Was the Worst Christmas Ever! -- 2:52
Sufjan Stevens - All the King's Horns -- 2:59
Sufjan Stevens - Ding! Dong! -- 0:56 (instrumental)
Sufjan Stevens - The Friendly Beasts -- 3:41

Jesus our brother, strong and good
Was humbly born in a stable rude
And the friendly beasts around Him stood
Jesus our brother, strong and good

"I," said the donkey, shaggy and brown
"I carried His mother up hill and down
I carried His mother to Bethlehem town"
"I," said the donkey, shaggy and brown

"I," said the cow, all white and red
"I gave Him my manger for His 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 Christmas morn"
"I," said the sheep with curly horn

"I," said the dove from the rafters high
"I cooed Him to sleep so that He would not cry
We cooed Him to sleep, my mate and I"
"I," said the dove from the rafters high

Thus every beast by some good spell
In the stable dark was glad to tell
Of the gift he gave Emmanuel
The gift he gave Emmanuel

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[VivaLaMente]

Thank you so much for this :]

Any idea where I could get the CD?

[AlexxTruscTV]

@VivaLaMente Thanks for watching XD

You can buy this cd on Amazon .

[HowardXV]

Is that St. Vincent in the middle verse?

[curiousjapan]

@harusohma153 We should add, go to the Asthmatic Kitty website, find "Songs for Christmas" and click on "Mp3" to get to where you need to be to buy it.

[harusohma153]

Sufjan Stevens CD is easy to get. It is like a whole box set for like 13 dollars.

[agonz93262]

love this version - sung with such a beautiful tenderness :)