The Cherry Tree Carol 12 Lyrics

1. Joseph was an old man,
An old man was he;
He married with Mary,
The Queen of Glory.

2. Joseph took Mary
In the orchard wood,
Where there were apples, plumbs, cherries,
As red as any blood.

3. Then bespoke Mary,
So meek and so mild:
Get me some cherries
For my body's bound with child.

4. Joseph he's taken
These words so unkind:
Let them get you cherries, Mary
That did your body bind.

5. Then bespoke Jesus,
All in His mother's womb:
Go to the tree, Mary,
And it shall bow down;

6. The highest bough of the cherry tree
Shall bow down to Mary's knee,
And she shall have cherries
For her young Son and she.

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