As Joseph was a-walking
As Joseph was a-walking,He heard an angel sing,“This shall be the birth-nightOf Christ our heavenly king.“His birth-bed shall be neitherIn housen nor in hall,Nor in the place of paradise,But in the oxen’s stall.“He neither shall be rockèdIn silver nor in gold,But in the wooden mangerThat lieth in the mould.“He neither shall be washenWith white wine nor with red,But with the fair spring waterThat on you shall be shed.“He neither shall be clothèdIn purple nor in pall,But in the fair white linenThat usen babies all.”As Joseph was a-walking,Thus did the angels sing,And Mary’s son at midnightWas born to be our King.
As Joseph was a-walking,He heard an angel sing,“This shall be the birth-nightOf Christ our heavenly king.“His birth-bed shall be neitherIn housen nor in hall,Nor in the place of paradise,But in the oxen’s stall.“He neither shall be rockèdIn silver nor in gold,But in the wooden mangerThat lieth in the mould.“He neither shall be washenWith white wine nor with red,But with the fair spring waterThat on you shall be shed.“He neither shall be clothèdIn purple nor in pall,But in the fair white linenThat usen babies all.”As Joseph was a-walking,Thus did the angels sing,And Mary’s son at midnightWas born to be our King.
As Joseph was a-walking,He heard an angel sing,“This shall be the birth-nightOf Christ our heavenly king.
As Joseph was a-walking,
He heard an angel sing,
“This shall be the birth-night
Of Christ our heavenly king.
“His birth-bed shall be neitherIn housen nor in hall,Nor in the place of paradise,But in the oxen’s stall.
“His birth-bed shall be neither
In housen nor in hall,
Nor in the place of paradise,
But in the oxen’s stall.
“He neither shall be rockèdIn silver nor in gold,But in the wooden mangerThat lieth in the mould.
“He neither shall be rockèd
In silver nor in gold,
But in the wooden manger
That lieth in the mould.
“He neither shall be washenWith white wine nor with red,But with the fair spring waterThat on you shall be shed.
“He neither shall be washen
With white wine nor with red,
But with the fair spring water
That on you shall be shed.
“He neither shall be clothèdIn purple nor in pall,But in the fair white linenThat usen babies all.”
“He neither shall be clothèd
In purple nor in pall,
But in the fair white linen
That usen babies all.”
As Joseph was a-walking,Thus did the angels sing,And Mary’s son at midnightWas born to be our King.
As Joseph was a-walking,
Thus did the angels sing,
And Mary’s son at midnight
Was born to be our King.
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