All Creation Saved

We journey make to Bethlehem
     With her upon my back,
And also now I carry Him
     Who’s light of world so black.

Her Joseph walks on my right side,
     Protects us on the way,
Makes sure those two will safely ride
     To stable with its hay.

For we won’t find a human bed
     Where she with Him can lie;
A stable we will find instead,                                   
  And I’ll with her stand by.

Now I have witnessed her Son’s birth,
     Who came to save us all,
For all of us to Him are worth
     His life for Adam’s fall.

He comes to all creation save,
     And all is born anew;
He will all creatures with Him raise—
     A donkey like me, too.