MARY'S BOY CHILD
(Jester Hairston)

Harry Belafonte - 1958
Jim Reeves - 1963
John D. Loudermilk - 1966
Anne Murray - 1970
Boney M - 1981
Also recorded by: José Feliciano; Andy Williams; Roger Whittaker; The Drifters; Engelbert Humperdinck; 
Mahalia Jackson; Gerry & The Pacemakers; Placido Domingo; Neil Diamond; John Denver; Phil Coulter; 
Montserrat Caballe; Swingle Singers; Charlotte Church.


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's born today
That man will live for evermore because of Christmas Day
Trumpets sound and angels sing listen what they say
That man will live for evermore because of Christmas Day

While shepherds watched their flock by night they see a bright 
new star
Then hear a choir of angels sing music seems to come from a 
far

Now Joseph and his wife Mary come to Bethlehem that night
They found no place to lay the child not a single room was in 
sight

Chorus

By and by they found a little nook in a stable all forlorned
In a manger cold and dark Mary's little boy was born

Chorus