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Adelaide Crapsey - Cradle Song
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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.
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