Chords for JUDY COLLINS - "The Cherry Tree Carol" LIVE 1996

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_ _ _ _ It always occurred to me that _ [Ab] poor Joseph in this story never really got very much attention. _ _ _
No [C] angel comes to talk to Joseph about what's going on.
_ He's sort of left to, _ _ I suppose, deduce. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ However, this is a song that _ _ gives a little glimpse of Joseph and his point of view. _
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_ _ _ _ Joseph was [F] an old man, an [Am] old man was he
When he married Virgin Mary [C] in the [G] land of [Am] Galilee
When [C] he wedded Virgin [Dm] Mary in the [C] land of _ Galilee
_ _ _ Joseph _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] and Mary walked through an orchard green
[Am] Where were _ [F] berries and [C] cherries as [Em] thick as might [Am] be seen
Where [C] were berries [F] and cherries as [G] thick as [C] might be _ seen
_ _ Then _ _ _ _ _ _ bespoke [F] Mary in [C] a voice meek [F] and [Am] mild
Pluck me one [F] cherry, Joseph, [G] for I am [Am] with child
[C] Pluck me one cherry, [F]
Joseph, [G] for I am [Am] with _ _ child
_ Oh, _ _ _ _ then [C] bespoke Joseph [F] in a voice most [Em] unkind
[Am] Let him pluck thee [Em] a cherry [F] that brought [G] thee with [Am] child
Let [C] him pluck thee [F] a cherry that [G] brought thee [Am] with _ _ child _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] [C] Oh, then bespoke [F] the babe [C] within his mother's [F] womb
Bow [Am]
down the [F] tallest tree that [C] my mother may [Am] have some
[C] Bow down the [F] tallest tree that [C] my mother may have _ some
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Then bow down the tallest tree unto his [F] mother's hand
[Am] She [F] said, see, [C] Joseph, I have [G] cherries [Am] at command
[C] She said, see, [F]
Joseph, [G] I have cherries [C] at command
_ _ _ Then _ _ _ _ _ Mary plucked a [F] cherry [C] as red as any [F] _ blood
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Mary, she [F] went _ [C] homeward all with [G] her heavy [Am] load
[C] Then Mary, she [F] went homeward [G] all with her [C] heavy _ load _ _ _ _ _ _
_ As Joseph [F] was a _ -walkin' [C] he heard an angel [F] _ sing
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This night [F] on earth there shall be [G] born your heavenly [Am] King
[C] This night [F] on earth there shall be [G] born [C] your heavenly King _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ Then Mary took her young son and put him on [F] her knee
_ [Am] Saying, dearest [F] son, tell me [C] just [G] how this [Am] world shall be
[C] Saying, dearest [F] son, tell me [G] just how this [Am] world shall _ _ be _ _ _ _
_ _ I shall [C] be whose dead mother [F] as the stones are in the [Em] way
[Am] All the stones in [Em] the street, mother, [F] shall [G] sorrow [Am] for me all
All the [C] stones in [F] the street, mother, [C] shall [G] sorrow [Am] for me all
_ _ On _ _ _ _ _ Easter day, dear [F] mother, [C] my rising up shall [F] be
[Am] And the sun [F] and the moon, mother, [C]
shall both [G] [Am] rise with me
[C] And the sun [F] and the moon, mother, [Gm] shall both [G] rise _ _ with _ _
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