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Joseph was an old man
An old man was he
When he married Virgin Mary
The queen of Galilee
As Mary and Joseph
Were walking one day
To an orchard of cherry trees
They chanced for to stray
Then Mary said to Joseph
So meek and so mild
"Pick me some cherries Joseph
For I am with child"
Then Joseph flew angry
So angry flew he
"Let the father of your baby
Gather cherries for thee"
Then up spoke Lord Jesus
From in his mother's womb
"Bow low down cherry trees
Bow down to the ground"
And the cherry trees bowed down
Bowed low to the ground
And Mary gathered cherries
While Joesph stood round
Then Joseph he kneeled down
A question gave he
"Come tell me pretty baby
When your birthday shall be"
"On fifth day of January
My birthday shall be
And the stars in the heavens
Shall all bow down to me"
An old man was he
When he married Virgin Mary
The queen of Galilee
Were walking one day
To an orchard of cherry trees
They chanced for to stray
So meek and so mild
"Pick me some cherries Joseph
For I am with child"
So angry flew he
"Let the father of your baby
Gather cherries for thee"
From in his mother's womb
"Bow low down cherry trees
Bow down to the ground"
Bowed low to the ground
And Mary gathered cherries
While Joesph stood round
A question gave he
"Come tell me pretty baby
When your birthday shall be"
My birthday shall be
And the stars in the heavens
Shall all bow down to me"
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I like to think of this as the only Christmas song I'll probably ever get from Colin Meloy and/or the Decemberists.
@beowolfe03:
@beowolfe03:
Technically it's not the only Christmas song from CM/Decemberists. The latter actually did a cover of John Denver's "Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)". Technically it's a Christmas song, and I happen to like it very much. While CM doesn't exactly have a "country voice", so-to-speak, it is funny to hear him howl the high notes in a very drunken fashion :-P
Technically it's not the only Christmas song from CM/Decemberists. The latter actually did a cover of John Denver's "Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)". Technically it's a Christmas song, and I happen to like it very much. While CM doesn't exactly have a "country voice", so-to-speak, it is funny to hear him howl the high notes in a very drunken fashion :-P
The creepiest, too.
I wish they would do some more. We're in dire need of some decent Christmas songs by contemporary artists. Regardless, I love this song. If you do a search for the "Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew" and read chapter 20, you'll see the inspiration for the lyrics.