JOSEPH was an old man, and an old man was he, When he wedded Mary, in the land of Galilee. Joseph and Mary walked through an orchard good, Where was cherries and berries, so red as any blood. O then bespoke Mary, so meek and so mild: ‘Pluck me one cherry, Joseph, for I am with child.’ O then bespoke Joseph, with words most unkind: ‘Let him pluck thee a cherry that brought thee with child.’ O then bespoke the babe, within his mother’s womb: ‘Bow down then the tallest tree, for my mother to have some.’ Then bowed down the highest tree unto his mother’s hand; Then she cried, See, Joseph, I have cherries at command. O then bespake Joseph: ‘I have done Mary wrong; But cheer up, my dearest, and be not cast down.’ Then Mary plucked a cherry, as red as the blood, Then Mary went home with her heavy load.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 14:19:04 +0000
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