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Text:Mary Had a Baby
Tune:MARY HAD A BABY
Arranger:Kenneth L. Fenton

3058. Mary Had a Baby

1 Mary had a baby, my Lord.
Mary had a baby, my Lord.
Mary had a baby, Mary had a baby,
Mary had a baby, my Lord.

2 What did she name him, my Lord?
What did she name him, my Lord?
What did she name him, what did she name him,
what did she name him, my Lord?

3 She named him King Jesus, my Lord.
She named him King Jesus, my Lord.
She named him King Jesus, she named him King Jesus,
she named him King Jesus, my Lord.

4 Where was he born, my Lord?
Where was he born, my Lord?
Where was he born, where was he born,
where was he born, my Lord?

5 Born in a manger, my Lord.
Born in a manger, my Lord.
Born in a manger, born in a manger,
born in a manger, my Lord.

Text Information
First Line: Mary had a baby, my Lord
Title: Mary Had a Baby
Meter: Irr.
Language: English
Publication Date: 2011
Scripture: ;
Topic: Jesus Christ: Birth and Baptism; King; Manger (4 more...)
Source: African American spiritual
Tune Information
Name: MARY HAD A BABY
Arranger: Kenneth L. Fenton
Meter: Irr.
Key: E♭ Major
Source: African American spiritual
Copyright: Arr. © 1996 Kenneth Fenton



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