1. Oh I would like to be among the shepherds
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Oh I would like to be among the shepherds

2. Oh I would like to be
among the shepherds
On the hills
with their lambs
and woolly *sheep.

3. the angels sing their song merr-il-y ding, ding dong.
Oh I would like to hear
the angels sing their song
with their harps
and bells
merr-il-y ding, ding dong.

4. Oh I would love to see
the shepherds gorping
as they take in the news
of Jesus’ *birth

5. and I’d love to
dance with joy
as they go to
meet the Boy
who comes from heaven
to live on *earth.

6. but I don't like the smell
Oh I would like to be
beside the Manger,
but I don't like the smell
of donkey *poo!

7. and the lambs that bleat and all-that-stable muck.
and I'm not sure at all
about the hens
that cluck,
and the lambs that bleat
and all-that-stable muck.

8. But I am sure that God
came as baby,
That he did-n’t-come-
to-judge
or to *condemn,

9. and he welcomes
girls and boys
in their sadness
and their joys
to see the Manger
..... in *Bethlehem!

10. really-like-to-squint
Oh I would like to
hitch-a-ride
with Wise Men,
and I’d
really-like-to-squint
up at the *Star,

11. bumpety, bump, bump, *bump!
and I’d sure like to sit
beside a camel’s hump,
and to bounce along,
bumpety, bump, bump, *bump!

12. really-love-to-sort-out horrid *Herod
And I’d
really-love-to-sort-out horrid *Herod

13. And-to-tell-him
hate and killing
make no *sense,

14. and I’d love to be around with gifts of gold, myrrh
when the Boy plays
on the ground
with gifts of gold, myrrh
and *frankincense!

15. Oh I’d re-ally-love
to sneak
into the Temple
and be there with
the old-folk
at the *door.

16. a cel-e-bration-*sing.
Oh I’d so love
to see them hug
the new-born King
And to join with them in
a cel-e-bration-*sing.

17. I’ll-be-his- special*friend
Oh I’d sure love to hold
the baby Jesus
and to promise-Him-
I’ll-be-his- special*friend

18. and that our friendship
and to say with
all my heart
that I’ll make
a fresh new start
and that our friendship
will never *end.
Rev. George K. Lind (Christmas 2013)