Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine – Canções de Natal – letras

« joseph dearest, joseph mine,Help me cradle the child divine;God reward thee and all that’s thineIn paradise, »So prays the mother mary.[chorus:]He came among us at christmastide,At christmastide, in bethlehem;Men shall bring him from far and wideLove’s diadem: jesus, jesus,Lo, he comes, and loves, and saves, and frees us! »gladly, dear one, lady mine,Help i cradle this child of thine;God’s own light on us both shall shineIn paradise,As prays the mother mary. »[chorus]Peace to all that have goodwill!God, who heaven and earth doth fill,Comes to turn us away from ill,And lies so stillWithin the crib of mary.[chorus]All shall come and bow the knee,Wise and happy their souls shall be.Loving such a divinityAs all may seeIn jesus, son of mary.[chorus]Now is born emmanual,Prophesied once by ezekiel,Promised mary by gabriel,Ah, who can tellThy praises, son of mary.[chorus]Thou my lazy heart hast stirred,Thou, the father’s eternal word,Greater than aught that ear has heard,Thou tiny birdOf love, thou son of mary.[chorus]Sweet and lovely little one,Thou princely, beautiful, god’s own son,Without thee all of us were undone;Our love is wonBy thing, o son of mary.[chorus]Little man, and god indeed,Little and poor, thou art all we need;We will follow where thou dost lead,And we will heedOur brother, born of mary.[chorus]