Brentwood Kids - Baby Jesus I Love You Lyrics

“Baby Jesus I Love You” by Brentwood Kids is a children’s Christmas song that imagines the animals at the manger greeting the newborn Jesus. Each verse asks what a creature said to baby Jesus in the hay, and the answer is its own sound, from cows’ moo to sheep’s baa to donkeys’ heehaw, followed by the refrain “Baby Jesus, we love you.” Luke 2:7 mentions the manger, but it does not name the animals, so the animals come from the song’s imagination.

The repeated verse tells the central facts simply: Jesus was born on Christmas Day, and Mary laid Him in the hay. That summary is close to Luke 2:7, which says Mary laid Him in a manger. Children are then invited to pray, “Jesus, Jesus, baby Jesus, we love you,” so the animal sounds turn into a prayer.

The closing line gathers the sounds one more time and ends with the same words of love. The structure helps young listeners join in. The song’s message is that even the smallest child can answer the birth of Jesus with love.