Chords for Shirley Collins - "The Cherry Tree Carol" (Sweet England)

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Joseph [E] was an old man, an old man was _ he, _ _ [A] When he married Virgin _
[F#m] Mary, [E] the Queen [G] of [F#m] _
Galilee.
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_ [A] _ _ _ Mary [E] and Joseph were walking one _ day, _ [G#m] _ [F#m] To an _ orchard of cherry [E] trees they happened [F#m] to stray, _ _ _
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[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ Then Mary said [E] to _ Joseph, so meek and so _ mild, _ _
[G] _ [A] Pick me, St. _ _
[D#] Joseph, [E] for [G] I am [A] birth _ -child.
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_ _ _ _ _ Then Joseph flew [E] angry, so angry flew he, _ [F#m] Let the father of your baby [E] gather _
[G] cherries [F#m] for thee.
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_ _ _ _ _ Then up [C] spoke Lord Jesus [E] from in his mother's _ womb, _ [A]
Bow low, down, cherry trees, [E] bow [G] down to [A] the _ ground. _ _
_ [G] Then _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ the _ cherry [E] trees bowed down, bowed low to the [G] ground, [F#m] And Mary gathered _ cherries [E] while Joseph [A] stood around. _ _ _
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_ Then Joseph [E] he kneeled down and a question gave _ he, _ _ _ [G] [A] Come tell me, pretty _ [F#m] baby, [E] when your [G] birthday [F#m] shall _ be. _ _
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On the fifth [C] day of _ [E] January my birthday shall _ _ be, _ [A] And the stars in the [E] heavens shall all [G] bow down [A] to me. _ _ _ _
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