When Righteous Joseph Wedded Was 2 Lyrics

1. When righteous Joseph wedded was
To Israel's Hebrew maid,
A glorious Angel from Heaven came,
Who to the Virgin said:
Hail, blessed Mary, full of grace,
The Lord remain with thee,
Thou shalt conceive and bear a Son,
Our Saviour for to be.

[Chorus:]
Sing we all, both great and small,
Noel, Noel, Noel,
We may rejoice to hear the voice
Of the Angel Gabriel.

2. It's wondrous strange, quoth Mary then,
I should conceive and breed,
Being never touched by mortal man,
But pure in thought and deed.
Fear not, quoth Gabriel by and by,
It is no work of man,
But was ordain'd by God at first
Before the world began. [Chorus]

3. This Heavenly message she believed,
And did to Jury go,
Three months there with her friends to stay,
God's blessed will to know;
And then returned to Joseph back,
Her husband meek and mild,
Who thought it strange his wife should be
Untouch'd thus gone with child. [Chorus]

4. Then sought he for to shun that shame,
He thought her to forsake,
But that God's Angel in his sleep
To him thus did relate:
Fear not, just Joseph, this thy wife
Is still a spotless maid,
And no consent to sin, quoth he,
Against her can be laid. [Chorus]

5. For she is pure both maid and wife,
And Mother of God's own Heir,
The Babe of Heaven, and blessed Lamb,
Of Israel's flocks so fair,
To save lost sheep from Satan's fold,
Whom Adam lost by fraud,
When first in Eden Paradise
The Lord had on him bestowed. [Chorus]

6. Sing praises all, both old and young,
To him who wrought such things,
And that without the help of man
Sent us the King of Kings;
Who is of such commanding power,
That by his Word can quell
The world, the flesh, and by his death
Hath conquer'd Death and Hell. [Chorus]