Sing for Joy ‎#4

4. The Trip to Bethlehem

1 St. Joseph brushed the donkey neat,
Put Mary in the saddle seat,
Then took his staff of hickory limb,
And started off for Bethlehem.

2 They traveled on for may days
Along the winding dusty ways.
But no complaint was heard from them,
A-trav'ling down to Bethlehem.

Text Information

• First Line: St. Joseph brushed the donkey neat
• Title: The Trip to Bethlehem
• Author: F. Abair
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1961
• Topic: Advent; Christmas; Saints' Days
• Copyright: Words reprinted by permission of the copyright owners, Gregorian Institute of america
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: CONDITOR ALME
• Harmonizer: Winfred Douglas
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Plainsong
• Copyright: Reprinted by permission of The Church Pension Fund