13 'He neither shall be christened
in white wine nor red,
But with fair spring water,
with which we were christened.'
14 Then Mary took her young son,
and set him on her knee:
'I pray thee now, dear child,
tell how this world shall be.'
15 'O I shall be as dead, mother,
as the stones in the wall;
O the stones in the street, mother,
shall mourn for me all.
16 'And upon a Wednesday
my vow I will make,
And upon Good Friday
my death I will take.
17 'Upon Easter-day, mother,
my rising shall be;
O the sun and the moon
shall uprise with me.
18 'The people shall rejoice,
and the birds they shall sing,
To see the uprising
of the heavenly king.'
C
Bramley and Stainer, Christmas Carols, p. 60.
1 Joseph was an old man,
an old man was he,
He married sweet Mary,
the Queen of Galilee.
2 As they went a walking
in the garden so gay,
Maid Mary spied cherries,
hanging over yon tree.