Joseph’s Carol by George E. Clark
Tune: St. Catherine (“Faith of Our Fathers”)
(Printer-Friendly Lyrics)
Tell me who is this child of thine
I must find meat or milk and wine
Mother so damp so pale so drawn
Oh God please help me carry on
Refrain:
Tell me who is this child of thine
Bringer of love and space and time
Tell me who is this child of thine
Notice his head and ribs and spine
His supple limbs and face were blue
Taken until his cries came through
Now his ten thousand dawns begin
Soon he’ll know greed and war and sin
Will he be strong and wry and kind
Builder with wood and words and signs
Tell me who is this child of thine
His glory yours, his burden mine
Why do I suffer ev’ry qualm
His mother stays transfixed by calm
