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1. Joseph was an old man, / An old man was he; / He married sweet Mary, / The Queen of Galilee.
2. As they went a-walking / In the garden so gay, / Sweet Mary spied cherries / Hanging over yon tree.
3. Mary said to Joseph, / With her sweet lips so mild, / "Pluck those cherries, Joseph, / For to give to my child."
4. "O then," replied Joseph, / With words so unkind, / "I will pluck no cherries / For to give to thy child."
5. Mary said to cherry tree / "Bow down to my knee, / That I may pluck cherries, / By one, two, and three."
6. The uppermost sprig then / Bowed down to her knee, / "Thus you may see, Joseph, / These cherries are for me."
7. "O eat your cherries, Mary, / O eat your cherries now, / O eat your cherries, Mary, / That grow upon the bough. "