Little donkey, little donkey on the dusty road
Got to keep on plodding onwards with your precious load
Been a long time, little donkey, through the winters night
Don't give up now, little donkey,
Bethlehems in sight
Ring out those bells tonight
Bethlehem, Bethlehem
Follow that star tonight
Bethlehem, Bethlehem
Little donkey, little donkey, had a heavy day
Little donkey, carry Mary safely on her way
Little donkey, little donkey, journey's end is near
There are wiseman waiting for a sign to bring them here
Do not falter little donkey, there's a star ahead
It will guide you, little donkey, to a cattle shed
Ring out those bells tonight
Bethlehem, Bethlehem
Follow that star tonight
Bethlehem, Bethlehem
Little donkey, little donkey, had a heavy day
Little donkey, carry Mary, safely on her way
Little donkey, carry Mary, safely on her way
Let our church bells ring out joyfully tonight as we sing the Gloria at Midnight Mass! Tomorrow, the blog will return to its usual cheery colour scheme as the champagne corks pop - Alleluia!
4 comments:
I love this Little Donkey..takes me back to my childhood & with me being young & all that!! wasn't very long ago!
I see! So the song is clearly wrong when it says 'Been a long time, little donkey..'!!
Then again they probably went in a cart!
I rather like the idea of the donkey. Just as the wood of the manger points to the wood of the cross, so the little donkey in this carol can point to Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey on Palm Sunday.
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