Mary`s boychild    (video)    (midi)

 

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1.   Long time ago in Bethlehem, so the Holy Bible says,

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    Mary`s boychild,     Jesus Christ, was born on Christmas Day.

 

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Hark now! Hear the angels sing,        a new king born today,

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and man will live forever more because of Christmas day.

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Trumpets sound and angels sing,       listen what they say,

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that man will live forever more because of Christmas day.

 

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2.     While shepherds watch their flocks by night,

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    and they see a bright new shining star,

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    then hear a choir sing,       the music seemed to come from afar.

 

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3.     Now Joseph and his wife, Mary, come to Bethlehem that night,

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    they find no place to born the child,

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    not a single room was in sight.    +  CHORUS

 

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4.     By and by they find a little nook, in a stable all forlorn.

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    And in a manger,       cold and dark, Mary`s little boy was born.

 

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5.   Long time ago in Bethlehem, so the Holy Bible says,

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    Mary`s boychild,      Jesus Christ, was born on Christmas Day.

 

+  CHORUS

 

(orig. = capo 3rd; midi = capo 5th)    (Harry Belafonte)