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T:King Pharim
B:Jones, L, 1998, Miss Broadwood's Delight, Ferret Publ.,Sutton Coldfield
S:Mrs Walter Harmon, Pineville, Mo., Dec 10, 1928
Z:Randolph, V
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:King_ Phar-im_ sat a-*mu-**sing, a mu-sing all a-*lone;
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w:There came a bles-*sed_ Sa-*viour, And all to him un-known
W:King Pharim sat a-musing,
W:A musing all alone;
W:There came a blessed Saviour,
W:And all to him unknown.
W:
W:"Say, where did you come from, good man,
W:Oh, where did you then pass?"
W:"It is out of the land Egypt,
W:Between an ox and ass."
W:
W:"Oh, if you come out of Egypt, man,
W:One thing I fain would know,
W:Whether a blessed Virgin Mary
W:Sprung from an Holy Ghost?
W:
W:For if this is true, is true, good man,
W:That you've been telling to me,
W:That roasted cock do crow three times
W:In the place where they did stand."
W:
W:Oh, it's straight away the cock did fetch,
W:And fethered to your own hand,
W:Three times a roasted cock did crow,
W:On the place where they did stand.
W:
W:Joseph, Jesus and Mary
W:Were a-travelling for the west,
W:When Mary grew a-tired
W:She might sit down and rest.
W:
W:They travelled further and further,
W:The weather being so warm,
W:Till the cam unto some husbandman
W:A-sowing of his corn.
W:
W:"Come husbandman!" cried Jesus,
W:"From over speed and pride,
W:And carry home your ripened corn
W:That you've been sowing this day.
W:
W:For to keep your wife and family
W:From sorrow, grief and pain,
W:And keep Christ in your remembrance
W:Till the time comes round again."