Mary’s Boy Child

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lyricist and composer:Jester Hairston
publisher:Bourne Music Ltd.
J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/87072 [info]
Wikidata:Q999111 [info]
referred to in medleys:Mary’s Boy Child / Oh My Lord (order: 1)
Megamix 4 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 1)
Mix Four (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 1)
Mix 2 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 6)
later translated versions:Barnet i Betlehem
Denn es ist Weihnachtszeit
Det hände sig för länge sen
Kuningas hän on
Lang tid tilbake
Maria fekk eit guttebarn (Norwegian (nynorsk) translation of "Mary's Boy Child")
Maria’s kind (Mary’s Boy Child)
Marian poika
Marias guttebarn
Seinier Cyrn, A Chaner Clych!
Und Frieden für die Welt
arrangements:Mary’s Boy Child (arr. Langford)
Mary’s Little Boy Child

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1956-07-20Mary’s Boy Child (US single version)Harry Belafonte2:59
1956-07-20Mary’s Boy Child (album and UK single version)Harry Belafonte4:22
1957Mary’s Boy ChildHarry Belafonte4:23
1957Mary’s Little Boy ChildThe Jack Halloran Singers?:??
1965Mary's Little Boy ChildAndy Williams3:54
1980Mary's Boy ChildcoverBugges Firo?:??
1985-12Mary's Boy Childcover and liveKiri Te Kanawa, London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carl Davis3:54
1991-12-08Mary's Boy Child (live, 1991-12-08: Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA)liveAmerican Boychoir, Kathleen Battle, The Christmas Concert Choir, Frederica von Stade, Wynton Marsalis, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, André Previn4:20
2001-12-16Mary's Little Boy ChildliveChildren's Chorus of Washington, Joan Gregoryk2:26
2006-12-09 – 2006-12-10Mary's Little Boy ChildliveChildren's Chorus of Washington, Joan Gregoryk2:09
2006Mary's Boy ChildcoverPapermoon3:54
2007Mary's Boy ChildcoverHuman Nature2:45
2010-07Mary's Boy ChildBryn Terfel, Côrdydd, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Tecwyn Evans3:34
2010Mary’s BoychildcoverKoret på Botsen & Henning Kvitnes3:43
2011-05Mary's Boy ChildCantus, Øystein Baadsvik, Trondheim Symfoniorkester, Torodd Wigum2:54
2022-12-10Mary’s Boy Childinstrumental and liveCambridge Wind Band2:35
Mary's Boy ChildHarry Belafonte4:21
Mary's Boy Childcover[unknown]2:36
Mary's Boy ChildHarry Belafonte4:22
Mary's Boy ChildcoverDaddy Cool5:21
Mary's Boy ChildcoverVal Doonican3:43
Mary's Boy ChildcoverLittle River Band?:??
Mary's Boy ChildSissel Kyrkjebø5:04
Mary's Boy ChildcoverHuman Nature2:40
Mary's Boy ChildHarry Secombe4:26
Mary's Boy ChildcoverThe Cranberry Singers3:05
Mary's Boy ChildcoverJoyce5:07
Mary's Boy ChildHarry Belafonte7:21
Mary's Boy ChildinstrumentalGeoff Love & His Orchestra3:25
Mary's Boy ChildThe Three Degrees2:26
Mary's Boy ChildNina & Frederik3:29
Mary's Boy ChildcoverThe Idea of North feat. James Morrison2:39
Mary's Boy ChildNina & Frederik?:??
Mary's Boy ChildAndy Williams3:35
Mary's Boy ChildHarry Belafonte4:24
Mary's Boy ChildcoverJoe McElderry3:57
Mary's Boy ChildcoverAaron Neville3:56
Mary's Boy ChildHarry Belafonte4:17
Mary's Boy ChildAndy Williams3:38
Mary's Boy Childcover and instrumentalTapani Rinne7:56
Mary's Boy ChildcoverNicole3:37
Mary's Boy ChildcoverThe Mantovani Orchestra3:34
Mary's Boy ChildHarry Belafonte4:20
Mary's Boy ChildinstrumentalMagnus Johansson2:27
Mary's Boy ChildHarry Belafonte4:25
Mary's Boy ChildcoverArchie Roach2:58
Mary's Boy ChildHarry Belafonte?:??
Mary's Boy ChildHarry Belafonte3:00
Mary's Boy ChildPaul Downes2:41
Mary's Boy ChildRosina Coombe?:??
Mary's Boy ChildHarry Belafonte4:22
Mary's Boy ChildVenetta Fields3:58
Mary's Boy ChildcoverMontserrat Caballé & Brandenburgische Philharmonie Potsdam mit den Schöneberger Sängerknaben2:25
Mary's Boy ChildcoverBZN3:17
Mary's Boy ChildHarry Belafonte4:22
Mary's Boy ChildDavid -Kawika- Kahiapo3:00
Mary's Boy ChildThe Blue Diamonds2:43
Mary's Boy Childcover and instrumentalJim Hendricks & Bob Burns2:30
Mary's Boy ChildBoney M.4:22
Mary's Boy Child (live)liveAndy Williams3:40
Mary's Boy ChildThe English Chorale?:??
Mary's Boy ChildHarry Belafonte4:26
Mary's Boy ChildDonna Stucky2:19
Mary's Boy ChildinstrumentalGuy Maeda4:25
Mary's Boy ChildcoverImperials2:38
Mary's Boy ChildcoverStig Rossen4:26
Mary's Boy ChildNina & Frederik3:28
Mary's Boy ChildBoney M4:21
Mary's Boy ChildBobby Farrell feat. Sandy Chambers4:56
Mary's Boy ChildHarry Belafonte4:21
Mary's Boy ChildHarry Belafonte?:??
Mary's Boy ChildVera Lynn3:48
Mary's Boy ChildcoverLee Kernaghan3:21
Mary's Boy ChildJohn McCarthy Chorus & William Davies5:09
Mary’s Boy ChildHarry Belafonte & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra4:27
Mary’s Boy ChildGillian Moorman & Dave Murphy3:13
Mary’s Boy ChildTom Jones & David Foster4:26
Mary’s Boy ChildTom Jones4:28
Mary’s Boy ChildcoverThe Gospel Clefs2:20
Mary’s Boy ChildHarry Belafonte4:20
Mary’s Boy ChildHarry Belafonte4:25
Mary’s Boy ChildBoney M.3:42
Mary’s Boy ChildcoverVal Doonican3:43
Mary’s Boy ChildHarry Belafonte?:??
Mary’s Boy ChildcoverTom Jones4:28
Mary’s Boy ChildBoney M.4:29
Mary’s Boy ChildHarry Belafonte & Will Lorin2:57
Mary’s Boy ChildHarry Belafonte?:??
Mary’s Boy ChildcoverStar Turn2:50
Mary’s Boy ChildcoverGrant & Forsyth3:11
Mary’s Boy ChildHarry Belafonte4:27
Mary’s Boy ChildHarry Belafonte4:23
Mary’s Boy ChildThe St. Philips Boy's Choir3:32
Mary’s Boy ChildHarry Belafonte4:20
Mary’s Boy ChildcoverSue Nieto Theatre School Choir, Free the Spirit3:47
Mary’s Boy ChildAndy Williams3:32
Mary’s Boy Childcover and instrumentalCarl Doy3:26
Mary’s Boy ChildVera Lynn3:47
Mary’s Boy ChildcoverRonnie Tober3:19
Mary’s Boy ChildNina & Frederik3:22
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