When Joseph Went To Bethlehem Tab par LDS Hymns

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When Joseph went to Bethlehem,
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I think he took great care
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To place his tools and close his shop
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and leave no shavings there.
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He urged the donkey forward then, 
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with Mary on its back,
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And carried bread and goat cheese
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in a little linen sack.

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I think there at the busy inn
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that he was meek and mild
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And awed to be the guardian 
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of Mary's sacred child
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Perhaps all through the chilly hours 
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he smoothed the swaddling bands,
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And Jesus felt the quiet strength 
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of Joseph's gentle hands