Marvel Not, Joseph, On Mary Mild Lyrics

1. "I, Joseph, wonder how this may be,
That Mary waxed great when I and she
Ever had lived in chastity;
If she be with child, it is not by me."
"Marvel not, Joseph."

2. "The Holy Ghost, with merciful distense,
In her hath entered without offense,
God and man conceived by His presence,
And she virgin pure without violence."
"Marvel not, Joseph"

3. "What the angel of God to me doth say,
I, Joseph, must and will humble obey,
Else privily I would have stolen away;
But now will I serve her till I die."
"Marvel not, Joseph."

4. Joseph, thou shalt her maid and mother find,
Her Son Redemptor of all mankind,
Thy forefathers of pains to unbind;
Therefore must not this matter in thy mind.
"Marvel not, Joseph"