Listen to Joseph Was an Old Man by Sir David Willcocks & The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Joseph Was an Old Man

Sir David Willcocks & The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

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Joseph Was an Old Man

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Credits

AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Chor

Sir David Willcocks

Sir David Willcocks

Chordirigent:in

KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT

Martin Edward Fallas Shaw

Martin Edward Fallas Shaw

Arrangeur:in

PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK

Kenneth Wilkinson

Kenneth Wilkinson

Ingenieur:in

Jeremy Tilston

Kreative:r Leiter:in

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Joseph was an old man

And an old man was he

When he married Mary

In the land of Galilee

[Verse 2]

And as they were walking

Through an orchard so good

Where were cherries and berries

As red as any blood

[Verse 3]

O, then bespoke Mary

With words both meek and mild

"Pluck me one cherry, Joseph

For that I am with child"

[Verse 4]

Go to that tree, Mary

And it shall bow to thee

And you shall gather cherries

By one, by two, by three

[Verse 5]

Then bowed down the highest tree

Unto our Lady's hand

"See," Mary cried, "See, Joseph

I have cherries at command"

[Verse 6]

O, eat your cherries, Mary

O, eat your cherries now

O, eat your cherries, Mary

That grow upon the bough

[Verse 7]

Then Mary plucked a cherry

As red as any blood

Then Mary went she homewards

All with her heavy load

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