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Backstory:

A children's song about St. Joseph, foster-father of Jesus.                                                                                                                         

Lyrics:

                                                  
CHORUS  Workin' all day for a pittance in pay:
             Hammer an' nails an' a measuring rod.
             Joseph's joy was his litle Boy:
             Workin' carpenter;s trade for the Son of God.
1. Old man Micah needs a barn:
    E-I-E-I-O
    Joseph took the project on.
    And it's a hee-haw here and a moo-moo there;
    A quack-quack here and a cluck-cluck ev'rywhere;
    E-I-E-I-NO!
   Put the baa-baa here and the bleat-bleat there.
   Better hurry up before he changes his mind, and so...
CHORUS  Workin' all day for a pittance in pay:
             Hammer an' nails and a measuring rod.
             Joseph's joy was his teen-age Boy:
             Teachin' carpenter's trade to the Son of God.
2. Jonah's boat wouldn't float;
   A hole let in the bay.
   Sent his son Simon to the carpenter's shop.
   As Jesus worked on the boat, He took good note:
   Thought Simon would make a pretty good Pope some day.
CHORUS  Workin' all day for a pittance in pay:
             Hammer an' nails an' a measuring rod.
             Joseph, my heart's filled with awe:
             You worked side by side with the Son of God.
             I'd like to work side by side with the Son of God.