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Text:The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
Tune:[The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy]
Arranger:Elizabeth Poston
Collector:Edric Connor

119. The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy

Text Information
First Line: The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy
Title: The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
Refrain First Line: He come from the glory
Language: English
Publication Date: 1979
Topic: Jesus Christ - Birth
Source: West Indian traditional carol
Notes: Taken down from the singing of the Negro James Bryce in 1942 when Bryce was 92 years old.
Tune Information
Name: [The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy]
Collector: Edric Connor
Arranger: Elizabeth Poston
Key: F Major
Source: West Indian traditional carol
Copyright: Reprinted by permission from The Cambridge Hymnal, 1967, Cambridge University Press, London, England.



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