Misc Christmas – When Joseph Went To Bethlehem (Guitar)

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When Joseph went to Bethlehem, I think he took great care

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To place his tools and close his shop and leave no shavings there.

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

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And carried bread and goat cheese in a little linen sack.

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I think there at the busy inn that he was meek and mild

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And awed to be the guardian of Mary’s sacred child.

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

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And Jesus felt the quiet strength of Joseph’s gentle hands.

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And close beside the manger bed, he dimmed the lantern’s light

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And held the little Jesus close up-on that holy night.