Mary's Boychild:Harry Belafonte.
Was first released on the Pop Charts
by Belafonte in '56.
It hit # 1 in UK in '57. Boney M. made it #1
in UK, again, in '78.

#1.
C (x32010@1)              F (133211@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)        G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)Long time ago in Bethlehem, so the Holy Bible says,  
C (x32010@1)              F (133211@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)        C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)Mary`s boychild, Jesus Christ, was born on Christmas Day. 

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C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)     Am (x02210@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)   G (320003@1)Hark now! Hear the Angels sing, a King was born today, 
    C (x32010@1)              F (133211@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)   C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)and man will live forever more because of Christmas Day. 
  
#2.   
C (x32010@1)                         F (133211@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)While shepherds watch their flocks by night, 
           G (320003@1)                C (x32010@1)they see a bright new shining star. 
                  F (133211@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)They hear a choir sing a song,  
          C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)the music seemed to come from afar.  
  
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#3.   
C (x32010@1)                F (133211@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)          G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)Now Joseph and his wife, Mary, came to Bethlehem that night. 
C (x32010@1)                    F (133211@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)They found no place to bear the child,  
      C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)not a single room was in sight.      
  
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#4.   
C (x32010@1)                   F (133211@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)       G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)And then they found a little nook, in a stable all forlorn. 
C (x32010@1)              F (133211@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)         C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)And in a manger, cold and dark, Mary`s little boy was born. 
  
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#5. 
C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)    Am (x02210@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)      G (320003@1)Trumpets sound and Angels sing...listen to what they say, 
G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)              F (133211@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)   C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)that man will live forever more because of Christmas Day. 

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A fifties Christmas smash from Kraziekhat.