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11Joseph was a young man,Joseph was an old man,
22 and a young man was he, and an old man was he,
33He courted Virgin Mary,And he married Mary,
44 the Queen of Galilee. the Queen of Galilee.
55
66As Joseph and Mary When Joseph was married,
77 were walking one day, and Mary home had brought,
88There were apples and cherries Mary proved with child,
99 aplenty by the way. and Joseph knew it not.
1010
1111Then up spake Mary, Joseph and Mary walked
1212 so meek and mild; through a garden gay,
1313'O gather me cherries, Joseph, Where the cherries they grew
1414 for I am with child.' upon every tree.
1515
1616Then up spake Joseph, O then bespoke Mary,
1717 with his words unkind, with words both meek and mild:
1818'Let them gather cherries 'O gather me cherries, Joseph,
1919 that brought thee with child.' they run so in my mind.'
2020
2121Then up spake the little child And then replied Joseph,
2222 in his mother's womb, with words so unkind:
2323'Bow down, you sweet cherry tree, 'Let him gather thee cherries
2424 and give my mother some.' that got thee with child.'
2525
2626Then the top spray of the cherry tree O then bespoke our Saviour,
2727 bowed down to her knee. all in his mother's womb:
2828'And now you see Joseph, 'Bow down, good cherry-tree,
2929 here are cherries for me.' to my mother's hand.'
30
31The uppermost sprig
32 bowed down to Mary's knee:
33'Thus you may see, Joseph,
34 these cherries are for me.'
35
36'O eat your cherries, Mary,
37 O eat your cherries now;
38O eat your cherries, Mary,
39 that grow upon the bough.'
40
41As Joseph was a walking,
42 he heard an angel sing:
43'This night shall be born
44 our heavenly king.
45
46'He neither shall be born
47 in housen nor in hall,
48Nor in the place of Paradise,
49 but in an ox's stall.
50
51'He neither shall be clothed
52 in purple nor in pall,
53But all in fair linen,
54 as were babies all.
55
56'He neither shall be rocked
57 in silver nor in gold,
58But in a wooden cradle,
59 that rocks on the mould.
60
61'He neither shall be christened
62 in white wine nor red,
63But with fair spring water,
64 with which we were christened.'
65
66Then Mary took her young son,
67 and set him on her knee:
68'I pray thee now dear child,
69 tell how this world shall be.'
70
71'O I shall be as dead, mother,
72 as the stones in the wall;
73O the stones in the street, mother,
74 shall mourn for me all.
75
76'And upon a Wednesday
77 my vow I will make,
78And upon Good Friday
79 my death I will take.
80
81'Upon Easter-day, mother,
82 my rising shall be;
83O the sun and the moon
84 shall uprise with me.
85
86'The people shall rejoice,
87 and the birds they shall sing,
88To see the uprising
89 of the heavenly king.'

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