Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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#folksong #cherrytreecarol #christmascarol

Welcome: 00:00
Warm Ups: 02:27
Learn the Melody: 04:53
Sing the Whole Song: 11:15

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*LYRICS*
When Joseph were an old man
And an old man were he
He courted the virgin Mary
And the Queen of Galilee
(last two lines repeat twice each time)

When Mary and Joseph
Were walking one day
Here are apples and cherries
So fair to behold

Then Mary said to Joseph
Unto Joseph said she
“Go and gather me some cherries
For I am with child.”

Then Joseph flew in angry,
And in angry flew he
Said, “Let the father of the baby
Gather cherries for you.”

Then up spoke Lord Jesus
From his mother’s womb
“Bow low, low cherry tree
Bow you low down to the ground.”

Then the cherry tree bowed a low down
All down to the ground
And Mary she gathered cherries
While Joseph stood around

Then Joseph took Mary
All on his right knee
Said, “Tell me, tell me pretty baby
When your birthday will be.”

“On the sixth day of January
My birthday will be
When the stars and the elements
All tremble with glee.”