NOBC #131-III, p.460-461 collected by Richard Chase from Will Brady of Carthage, NC (Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 48, No. 390, 1935).
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The very first blessing that Mary had, it was the blessing of one:
To think that her Son, Jesus, could live a father's son;
Could live a father's son; like Emmanuel in glory
Father, Son and the Holy Ghost, through all eternity.
The very next blessing Mary had, it was the blessing of two:
To think that her Son, Jesus, could read the Scriptures through;
The very next blessing Mary had, it was the blessing of three:
To think that her Son, Jesus, could set the sinner free;
The very next blessing Mary had, it was the blessing of four:
To think that her Son, Jesus, could live for evermore;
The very next blessing Mary had, it was the blessing of five:
To think that her Son, Jesus, could bring the dead alive;
The very next blessing Mary had, it was the blessing of six:
To think that her Son, Jesus, could heal and cure the sick
The very next blessing Mary had, it was the blessing of seven:
To think that her Son, Jesus, could conquer hell and heaven
The very next blessing Mary had, it was the blessing of eight:
To think that her Son, Jesus, could make the crooked straight;
The very next blessing Mary had, it was the blessing of nine:
To think that her Son, Jesus, could turn water into wine;
The very next blessing Mary had, it was the blessing of ten:
To think that her Son, Jesus, could write without a pen;
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