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THE CHERRY TREE.

second version.

1⁠Joseph was an old man,
⁠And old man was he ;
⁠He married with Mary,
⁠The Queen of Glory.

2⁠Joseph took Mary
⁠In the orchard wood,
⁠Where there were apples, plums, cherries,
⁠As red as any blood.

3⁠Then bespoke Mary,
⁠So meek and so mild :
⁠Get me some cherries
⁠For my body's bound with child.

4⁠Joseph he's taken
⁠These words so unkind :
⁠Let them get you cherries, Mary,
⁠That did your body bind.

5⁠Then bespoke Jesus,
⁠All in His mother's womb :
⁠Go to the tree, Mary,
⁠And it shall bow down ;

6⁠The highest bough of the cherry tree
⁠Shall bow down to Mary's knee,
⁠And she shall have cherries
⁠For her young Son and she.

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7⁠Mary got cherries ⁠By one, two and three ; ⁠Mary got cherries ⁠For her young Son and she.

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