Cherry Tree

Dm          Am            G     
Joseph and Mary walked through 
            D
an orchard green
Dm          Am            F     
They saw berries and saw 
            C
cherries fair to be seen.
Dm            F           G     
As Joseph and Mary walked in the
       Am
 wood
            Dm            F    G 
They saw cherries and berries red
          Dm
 as any blood.


[Verse 2]

Dm          Am            G     
Oh then bespoke Mary so meek and
       D
 so mild,
Dm            Am         F      
"Pluck me one cherry for I am 
       C
with child."
Dm            F              G  
Oh then bespoke Joseph with 
     Am
words unkind,
           Dm            F        
"Let him pluck thee a cherry that 
   G                Dm
brought thee with child."


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[Verse 3]

Dm          Am            G     
Oh then bespoke the babe within 
            D
his mother's womb,
Dm                   Am         
"Bow down your tall tree and 
F             C
give my mother some."
Dm                    F          
Then bowed down the cherry tree 
    G       Am
to his mother's hand.
          Dm            F         
Then she cried "see Joseph I have 
  G                Dm
cherries at command."


[Verse 4]

Dm          Am            G     
Then Mary plucked a cherry as 
       D
red as the blood.
Dm            Am         F      
She went home with her heavy 
       C
load.
Dm            F              G  
Then Mary took her babe all on 
     Am
her knee,
       Dm        F           G   
Saying "my dear son tell me what 
             Dm
this world will be."


[Verse 5]

    Dm             Am            
"Oh I shall be as dead as the 
G            Dm
stones in the wall.
Dm            Am         F      
Oh the stones in the streets 
             C
shall mourn me all.
       Dm          F         C
Upon Easter day uprisen I'll be
        Dm                  F    
For the sun and moon shall both 
G         Dm
rise with me."