When Mary birthed her baby boy,
God's creatures came from all around
to share this mother's boundless joy
and feel the peace our world had found.

A stork arrived with naught to give
when Mary birthed her baby boy,
and prayed sweet Jesus would forgive
his lack of gold or silver toy.

But then his heart filled up with joy
as if a calm had stilled a storm --
when Mary birthed her baby boy,
she had no blankets soft and warm.

He plucked his feathers from his breast,
no thought of what he must destroy,
to line the bed of infant blest,
when Mary birthed her baby boy.

When Mary birthed her baby boy,
God's creatures came from round the Earth,
but he who gave himself with joy
had brought the gift of greatest worth.