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Christmas Song Story: Mary’s Boy Child

December 20, 2020 Leave a comment

<img width="300" height="225" src="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/009-jesus-birth.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1" class="alignleft wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" data-attachment-id="3029" data-permalink="https://dianaleaghmatthews.com/the-birth-of-jesus/009-jesus-birth/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/009-jesus-birth.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-orig-size="300,225" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="009-jesus-birth" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The joy of a new born baby. This is even greater, this is God’s son that has been born. </p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/009-jesus-birth.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/009-jesus-birth.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" />

Mary’s Boy Child is a popular Christmas carol written in 1956 by Jester Hairston. Hairston roomed with a friend who asked him to write a song for a birthday party. He wrote the song with a calypso rhythm for the culture of those attending and titled the song “He Pone and Chocolate Tea”. However, the song was never recorded in this […]

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Christmas Song Story: Mary’s Boy Child