"Mary's Boy Child" (Jester Hairston)
Comments, corrections, etc. welcome
Par Svensson, t89par@student.tdb.uu.se
Long time ago in Bethlehem, so the Holy Bible say,
Mary's boy child Jesus Christ, was born on Christmas Day.
Chorus:
Hark, now hear the angels sing, a new king born today, and
man will live for evermore, because of Christmas day.
Trumpets sound and angels sing, listen to what they say, that
man will live for evermore, because of Christmas Day.
While shepherds watch their flocks by night,
them see a bright new shining star,
them hear a choir sing, the music seemed to come from afar.
Now Joseph and his wife, Mary, come to Bethlehem that night,
them find no place to born the child, not a single room was in sight.
By and by they find a little nook in a stable all forlorn,
and in a manger cold and dark, Mary's little boy was born.
Long time ago in Bethlehem, so the Holy Bible say,
Mary's boy child, Jesus Christ, was born on Christmas Day.