Cradle Song

Madonna, Madonnina Sat by the grey road-side, Saint Joseph her beside, And Our Lord at her breast; Oh they were fain to rest, Mary and Joseph and Jesus, All by the grey road-side. She said, Madonna Mary, 'I am thirsty, Joseph, and weary, All in the desert wide.' Then bent down a tall palm-tree Its branches low to her knee; 'Behold,' the palm-tree said, 'My fruit that is drink and bread.' So were they satisfied, Mary and Joseph and Jesus, All by the grey road-side. From Herod they were fled Over the desert wide, Mary and Joseph and Jesus, In Egypt to abide: Mary and Joseph and Jesus, In Egypt to abide. The blesse`d Queen of Heaven Her own dear Son hath given For my son's sake; his sleep Is safe and sweet and deep.