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Noli timere, Joseph, fili David.
1. Joseph was an old man, an old man was he:
he married sweet Mary, the Queen of Galilee.
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2. As they went awalking, in the garden so gay
Maid Mary spied cherries hanging over yon tree.
3. So Mary said to Joseph, with her sweet lips so mild:
"Pluck those cherries, Joseph, for to give to my Child."
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4. "O then," replied Joseph with words so unkind,
"I will pluck no cherries for to give to thy Child."
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5. Mary said to cherrytree, "Bow down to my knee,
that I ay pluck cherries by one, two and three!"
6. The uppermost sprig then bowed down to her knee:
"Thus you ay see, Joseph, these cherries are for me."
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7. "O eat your cherries, Mary, O eat your cherries now,
That grow upon the bough.
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