Who has not carolled Mary?

                        And who her praise would dim?

                        But what of humble Joseph;

                        Is there no song for him?

                        If Joseph had not driven

                        Straight nails through honest wood;

                        If Joseph had not cherished

                        His Mary as he should;

                        If Joseph had not proved him

                        A sire both kind and wise:

                        Would he have drawn with favour

                        The child’s all-probing eyes?

                        Would Christ have prayed "Our Father"

                        Or cried that name in death,

                        Unless he first had honoured

                        Joseph of Nazareth?