English Folk-Carols/The Cherry Tree (2)

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English Folk-Carols (1911)
by Cecil James Sharp

The Cherry Tree (second version) by Anonymous

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This version of "The Cherry-Tree Carol" was sung by Mrs. Plumb, at Armscote, Worcestershire. For more information, see Notes on the Songs at the end of this volume.

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IV.THE CHERRY TREE.

SECOND VERSION.

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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.

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