As Joseph was a-walking
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1. As Joseph was a-walkingHe heard an angel sing,“This night shall be the birthtimeOf Christ, the Heavenly King.2. “He neither shall be bornIn housen nor in hall.Nor in the place of Paradise,But in an ox’s stall.3. “He neither shall be clothedIn purple nor in pall,But in the fair white linenThat usen babies all.4. “He neither shall be rockedIn silver nor in gold,But in a wooden mangerThat resteth on the mould.”5. As Joseph was a-walking,There did an angel sing;And Mary’s child at midnightWas born to be our King.6. Then be ye glad, good people,This night of all the year,And light ye up your candles,For His star it shineth clear.
1. As Joseph was a-walkingHe heard an angel sing,“This night shall be the birthtimeOf Christ, the Heavenly King.2. “He neither shall be bornIn housen nor in hall.Nor in the place of Paradise,But in an ox’s stall.3. “He neither shall be clothedIn purple nor in pall,But in the fair white linenThat usen babies all.4. “He neither shall be rockedIn silver nor in gold,But in a wooden mangerThat resteth on the mould.”5. As Joseph was a-walking,There did an angel sing;And Mary’s child at midnightWas born to be our King.6. Then be ye glad, good people,This night of all the year,And light ye up your candles,For His star it shineth clear.
1. As Joseph was a-walkingHe heard an angel sing,“This night shall be the birthtimeOf Christ, the Heavenly King.
1. As Joseph was a-walking
He heard an angel sing,
“This night shall be the birthtime
Of Christ, the Heavenly King.
2. “He neither shall be bornIn housen nor in hall.Nor in the place of Paradise,But in an ox’s stall.
2. “He neither shall be born
In housen nor in hall.
Nor in the place of Paradise,
But in an ox’s stall.
3. “He neither shall be clothedIn purple nor in pall,But in the fair white linenThat usen babies all.
3. “He neither shall be clothed
In purple nor in pall,
But in the fair white linen
That usen babies all.
4. “He neither shall be rockedIn silver nor in gold,But in a wooden mangerThat resteth on the mould.”
4. “He neither shall be rocked
In silver nor in gold,
But in a wooden manger
That resteth on the mould.”
5. As Joseph was a-walking,There did an angel sing;And Mary’s child at midnightWas born to be our King.
5. As Joseph was a-walking,
There did an angel sing;
And Mary’s child at midnight
Was born to be our King.
6. Then be ye glad, good people,This night of all the year,And light ye up your candles,For His star it shineth clear.
6. Then be ye glad, good people,
This night of all the year,
And light ye up your candles,
For His star it shineth clear.