Fear Not, Joseph

In Nazareth there dwelt a man, a carpenter by trade,

Espoused to lovely Mary, a holy virgin maid.

Each day his work was flying by, as the day of marriage neared,

But then he heard unsettling news; his heart sank down in fear.

O Blessed Virgin Mary, the Virgin undefiled

O Blessed Virgin Mary, a virgin yet with child.

Now Joseph was a righteous man, a righteous man and kind,

He loved his virgin Mary, and so made up his mind.

He would not drag her through the streets, and make an ugly scene,

He’d let her go most quietly, as if they’d never been.

O Blessed Virgin Mary, whose womb held mankind’s joy,

The laws of desperate angry men, your life they would destroy.

But in a dream God shed His light, rejoicing Joseph’s heart,

His lovely Virgin Mary and he need never part.

For He who grew within her womb, would be God’s Holy Son

Jesus would be His given name, O’er sin the victory won.

O Blessed Virgin Mary, To you the Christ child born,

O Blessed Virgin Mary, From you mankind’s new morn’.

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