Joseph of Arimathea
Was an honorable counsellor
A faithful disciple;
He wrote history:
He saved the savior
Joseph of Arimathea
Begged the body from Pilate
Wrapped him in a linen cloth
Laid him down in a fresh tomb
Washed the body of spit and blood
Joseph, Joseph
Nicodemus brought as hundred pounds of aloe and myrrh
I say, he and Joseph packed the wounds and stitched his side
They rolled a great stone to the door and sealed the tomb
Three Mary's waited, crying in the dying light
On Sabbath eve
The tomb was unsecured
Mary, Mary, Salome
Returning Sunday
Found the stone rolled away;
Pale son in the doorway