Safe in a Stable

Words by Penelope Moody Allen

Music by Michael F. Moody

Liltingly

1. Safe in a stable, a donkey awakes,
Stirred by commotion and light.
The goat lifts her head at a baby’s first cry
As Jesus is born on this night.

2. Safe in a stable, a little red cow
Tells her concerns in soft lows.
Her manger receives on its sweet, fragrant hay
The Savior, whom heaven bestows.

3. Safe in a stable, alarmed mother hens
Gather their young ’neath their wing,
As angel-sent shepherds kneel down in the straw
To worship the child as their King!

Now safely enfolded, Christ’s sheep sweetly rest,
Beckoned by His holy call.
A stable once sheltered the dear Lamb of God,
Who is now the Good Shepherd of all.