Mary’s Boy Child
Words & Music by Jester Hairston
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Verse 3
By and by they find a little nook
Ina stable all forlorn;
And, ina 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 bom on Christmas Day.