We found "Joseph" used in 20 sacred songs, each carrying a unique message of faith.
Joseph
...And gone to Heaven on the cloud.
And Joseph begged His body,
And Joseph begged His body,...
And gone to Heaven on the cloud.
And Joseph begged His body,
And Joseph begged His body,
...And there in the evening my Jesus was laid.
In Joseph’s garden I long to be,
Where Jesus, my Jesus, lay dead for me,...
And there in the evening my Jesus was laid.
In Joseph’s garden I long to be,
Where Jesus, my Jesus, lay dead for me,
...And the Lord shall bear my spirit home.
But Joseph begged His body,
And laid it in a tomb;...
And the Lord shall bear my spirit home.
But Joseph begged His body,
And laid it in a tomb;
...Hanging over yon tree.
Mary said to Joseph
With her sweet lips so mild,...
Hanging over yon tree.
Mary said to Joseph
With her sweet lips so mild,
...To see the wondrous thing—
Mary and Joseph and with them
The Babe, our infant king!...
To see the wondrous thing—
Mary and Joseph and with them
The Babe, our infant king!
...And thought of their Lord lying dead in the tomb.
’Twas all in a sepulcher Joseph had made,
Rough-hewn in the rock, that our Savior was laid;...
And thought of their Lord lying dead in the tomb.
’Twas all in a sepulcher Joseph had made,
Rough-hewn in the rock, that our Savior was laid;
...On archangels shed.
Shall I tell of Joseph,
Who, with rapt surprise,...
On archangels shed.
Shall I tell of Joseph,
Who, with rapt surprise,
...Has brought God’s love to me.
I know not how that Joseph’s tomb
Could solve death’s mystery;...
Has brought God’s love to me.
I know not how that Joseph’s tomb
Could solve death’s mystery;
...start
Joseph dearest, Joseph mine,
Help me cradle the Child divine;...
start
Joseph dearest, Joseph mine,
Help me cradle the Child divine;
...The shepherds are kneeling before Him with awe.
And Mary and Joseph smile on Him with love,
While angels are singing sweet songs from above....
The shepherds are kneeling before Him with awe.
And Mary and Joseph smile on Him with love,
While angels are singing sweet songs from above.
...Beneath the bending sky.
For Joseph and for Mary
There was no room at all:...
Beneath the bending sky.
For Joseph and for Mary
There was no room at all:
...Whom the choirs of angels praise;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
While our hearts in love we raise....
Whom the choirs of angels praise;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
While our hearts in love we raise.
...In Jewry it was
Where Joseph and Mary
Together did pass,...
In Jewry it was
Where Joseph and Mary
Together did pass,
...In Jewry it was
That Joseph and Mary
Together did pass,...
In Jewry it was
That Joseph and Mary
Together did pass,
...Save one little manger upon the cold ground,
As Mary and Joseph drew nigh through the gloom,
And in the same country a resting place found....
Save one little manger upon the cold ground,
As Mary and Joseph drew nigh through the gloom,
And in the same country a resting place found.
...The roof with them.
Saint Joseph, too, was by
To tend the Child;...
The roof with them.
Saint Joseph, too, was by
To tend the Child;
...While the world awaited God’s redeeming love—
Came to Joseph, dreaming, Gabriel from above:
God would have you take this virgin as your wife,...
While the world awaited God’s redeeming love—
Came to Joseph, dreaming, Gabriel from above:
God would have you take this virgin as your wife,
...O dark was the night and cold blew the wind,
But Joseph and Mary no shelter could find;
In all the fair city of Bethlehem,...
O dark was the night and cold blew the wind,
But Joseph and Mary no shelter could find;
In all the fair city of Bethlehem,
...Be to Thee for ever dear;
May they be, like Joseph, loving,
Dutiful, and chaste, and pure;...
Be to Thee for ever dear;
May they be, like Joseph, loving,
Dutiful, and chaste, and pure;
...Came an angel from the throne,
At the tomb of Joseph bending,
Rolled away the ponderous stone....
Came an angel from the throne,
At the tomb of Joseph bending,
Rolled away the ponderous stone.
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