Song Lyrics Iris DeMent - The Cherry Tree Carol    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> I>> Iris DeMent Singer Lyrics [Iris DeMent other resources]>> The Cherry Tree Carol Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Iris DeMent Music Title/Track: The Cherry Tree Carol Theme ID: 8470 Album: N/A Joseph was an old man and an old man was he, and he has married Mary, the queen of Galilee, and he has married Mary, the queen of Galilee As Joseph and Mary walked in the garden green, where the cherries hung heavy on every limb "Pick me some cherries, Joseph, pick me some cherries, do, pick me some cherries, Joseph, that grow on the bough" But up spoke old Joseph with his words so unkind: "Let the man gather the cherries that owneth the child" Then up spoke our Saviour all in his mother's womb: "Bow down, thou lofty cherry tree, that Mary may have some" The very top branches bowed down to her feet "Now you can see, Joseph, there are cherries for me" As Joseph was walking he heard an angel sing "This night shall be the birth time of Christ, the heavenly King He neither shall be born in house nor in hall nor in the place of paradise but in an ox's stall He neither shall be clothed in purple nor in pall but in the fair white linen that's used in babies all He neither shall be rocked in silver nor in gold but in a wooden manger that resteth on the mould Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Troublesome Waters, Walkin Home, Wasteland Of The Free, We Could, Wheels Of Love, When I Was Yours, When Love Was Young, WHEN MY MORNIN COMES AROUND, Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies, Whispering Pines, Wildwood Flower, Ah Leah, Agnes, Ah! Leah!, Back On The Streets, Daddy Dont Live Here Anymore, I Cant Hear You, Joking, Shes So Wild, Too Young To Love, Color Me Blue, Love Is Like A Rock, My Girl, 10th Street, Love Is like a Rock, Fields of Athenry, Four Green Fields, HARD TIMES COME AGAIN NO MORE, Ill Take You Home Kathleen, In Dublins Fair City (Molly Malone), Ride On, Skye Boat Song, THE CLIFFS OF DONEEN, Whistling Gypsy Rover, Wild Rover, Will You Go Lassie Go (Wild Mountain Thyme), BarrettS Privateers, Peter Street, A BUNCH OF THYME, A Fenian Song, A Little Bit Of Heaven, A Man You Dont Meet Every Day, A Mothers Love Is A Blessing, A Muirsheen Durkin, A Nation Once Again, A NIGHT TO REMEMBER, A Pair Of Brown Eyes, A Rainy Night In Soho, A Soldiers Song, A STR MO CHROI, Other Iris DeMent song Lyrics Acres Of Corn Lyrics Banks Of Marble Lyrics Big City Lyrics Break My Mind Lyrics Childhood Memories Lyrics City Of New Orleans Lyrics Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room Lyrics Folsom Prison Blues Lyrics Goodbye Little Darling Lyrics Higher Ground Lyrics Hotter Than Mojave In My Heart Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Iris Donnie Lyrics Iris, Donny Lyrics Irish Aires Lyrics Irish Descendents Lyrics Irish Folksongs Lyrics Irish Rovers Lyrics Irma Schultz Lyrics Irma Tapio Lyrics Irma Thomas Lyrics Iron And Wine Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy