Scripture Verse

Joseph [of Arimathea] bought a linen cloth, and taking down the body, wrapped it in the linen cloth, and laid it in a tomb that had been hewn out of the rock. Mark 15:46

Introduction

Words: John H. Kuhl­man, in Pri­ma­ry School Car­ols (Co­lum­bus, Ohio: Lu­ther­an Book Con­cern, 1914), num­ber 17.

Music: Si­le­si­an folk song (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Kuhl­man (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

A gar­den I know and a grave new­ly made,
And there in the ev­en­ing my Je­sus was laid.
In Jo­seph’s gar­den I long to be,
Where Je­sus, my Je­sus, lay dead for me,
Where Je­sus, my Je­sus, lay dead for me.

A gar­den I know where the white li­ly grows,
And there in the morn­ing my Je­sus arose.
In Jo­seph’s gar­den I long to be,
Where Je­sus, my Je­sus, arose for me,
Where Je­sus, my Je­sus, arose for me.