Mary's Boy Child

Words & Music: Jester Hairston

1.Long

time
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go

- in

Beth
C CC C

le

- hem

- So the Ho
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ly

- Bi

ble

- say;
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Ma
G GG G

ry's

- Boy

Child,

Je
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sus

- Christ,

was born
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on

Christ
D7 D7 D7 D7

mas

- Day.
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Hark,
CHORUS
G GG G

now

hear
C CC C

the

an
D7 D7 D7 D7

gels

- sing,
G GG G

new
Em Em Em Em

King

born
Am Am Am Am

to

day.
D DD D

- And

13

Man
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will

live

for

e
C CC C

ver

- more,

- be

cause
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- of

Christ
D7 D7 D7 D7

mas

- Day.
G GG G

17

Trum
G GG G

pets

- sound
C CC C

and

an
D7 D7 D7 D7

gels

- sing,
G GG G

list
Em Em Em Em

en - to what
Am Am Am Am


they

say,
D DD D

That

21
2. While shepherds watched their flocks by night
They saw a bright new shining star,
They heard a choir sing,
The music seemed to come from afar.
3. Now 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.
CHORUS
4. By and by they find a little nook,
In a stable all forlorn;
And in a manager cold and dark,
Mary's little Boy was born.
5. Long time ago in Bethlehem
So the Ho-ly Bible say,
Mary's Boy Child, Jesus Christ,
Was born on Christmas Day.
CHORUS

Man
G GG G

will

live

for

ev
C CC C

er

- more,

- be

cause
G GG G

- of

Christ
D7 D7 D7 D7

mas

- Day.
G GG G