




        Mary's Little Boy Child
         Jester Hairston, 1956







Mary's Boy Child Jesus Christ
   was born on Christmas day
And we will live forever more
   because of Christmas day.









Long time ago in Bethlehem,
   so the Holy Bible say
Mary's boy Child, Jesus Christ, 
   was born on Christmas day.









Hark now hear the angels sing:
   a new King born today.
And we will live forever more 
   because of Christmas day.










While shepherds watched their flocks by
   night they saw a shining star,
And then they heard a choir sing, 
   the music came from afar.

When Joseph and his wife Mary 
   came to Bethlehem that night,
They found no place to bear her Child, 
   not a single room was in sight.




Hark now hear the angels sing:
   a new King born today.
And we will live forever more 
   because of Christmas day.









Then by and by they found a nook 
   in a stable all forlorn.
And in a manger cold and dark, 
   Mary's little Boy was born.

The three wise men told King Herod 
   a new King born today.
We brought Him frankincense and myrrh, 
   we came from far away.




Hark now hear the angels sing:
   a new King born today.
And we will live forever more 
   because of Christmas day.
Trumpets sound and angels sing: 
   listen to what they say:
That we will live forever more 
   because of Christmas day.
