Misc Christmas – When Joseph Went To Bethlehem (Guitar)

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From the LDS Children's Songbook Composers: Words: Bessie Saunders Spencer Music: I. Reed Payne [Verse 1]
G                                                     D7
When Joseph went to Bethlehem, I think he took great care

     G                   Am                Em                 D7
To place his tools and close his shop and leave no shavings there.

    G                                               D7
He urged the donkey forward then, with Mary on its back,

     G                 Am               C            G
And carried bread and goat cheese in a little linen sack.
[Verse 2]
    G                                               D7
I think there at the busy inn that he was meek and mild

    G                Am         Em            D7
And awed to be the guardian of Mary’s sacred child.

    G                                                           D7
Perhaps all through the chilly hours he smoothed the swaddling bands,

     G              Am                C              G
And Jesus felt the quiet strength of Joseph’s gentle hands.
[Verse 3]
     G                                                    D7
And close beside the manger bed, he dimmed the lantern’s light

     G               Am          C             G
And held the little Jesus close upon that holy night.