15. This world shall be like the stones in the street, For the sun and the moon shall bow down at thy feet. (_~my feet~ in a Warwickshire broadside: Sylvester._) 17. And upon the third day my uprising shall be, And the sun and the moon shall rise up with me. 18 _is wanting_. _For 9-13 we have, as a separate carol, in Chappell's Christmas Carols, edited by Dr E. F. Rimbault, p. 22, the following verses, traditional in Somersetshire:[4]_ 1 As Joseph was a walking he heard an angel sing: 'This night shall be the birth-time of Christ, the heavnly king. 2 'He neither shall be born in housen nor in hall, Nor in the place of Paradise, but in an ox's stall. 3 'He neither shall be clothed in purple nor in pall, But in the fair white linen that usen babies all. 4 'He neither shall be rocked in silver nor in gold, But in a wooden manger, that resteth on the mould.' 5 As Joseph was a walking there did an angel sing, And Mary's child at midnight was born to be our king. 6 Then be ye glad, good people, this night of all the year, And light ye up your candles, for his star it shineth clear. #c.# 1^3. When he. 2 _is omitted._ _After 3:_ Joseph and Mary walked through an orchard good, Where were cherries and berries, as red as any blood. 5 _is omitted._ 6, 7. Go to the tree, Mary, and it shall bow to thee, And the highest branch of all shall bow down to Mary's knee. Go to the tree, Mary, and it shall bow to thee, And you shall gather cherries, by one, by two, and three. Then bowed down the highest tree unto his mother's hand: See, Mary cried, see, Joseph, I have cherries at command. 17^2. my uprising. 17^3. moon, mother. 17^4. shall both rise. 18 _is wanting, and is suspiciously modern._ #d.# 1^1. When Joseph. 1^2. and _wanting_. 2^{1, 2}. When Joseph he had his cousin Mary got. 2^4. by whom Joseph knew not. 3^1. As Joseph. 3^2. the garden gay. 3^{3, 4}. Where cherries were growing upon every spray. 4^{3, 4}. Gather me some cherries, for I am with child.