Widely recorded and attributed as a spiritual. Numerous choral perfomances arr. James. Recorded by Harry Belafonte on LP: BEL-1, LSO-6009, VPS-6024, CL42956; and on CD: ND89195. Also recorded by Ezerline Jenkins on "The Long Road To Freedom."

Hear several CHORAL VERSIONs.

~Susan

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AROUND THE GLORY MANGER I
Traditional Negro spiritual, as recorded by Harry Belafonte

They turn 'way Mary and Josef
'Way from the inn
They turn 'way Mary and Josef
'Way from the inn
They turn 'way Mary and Josef
'Way from the inn
That's what made the glory manger

CHO:
And the Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Wasn't that a bright Bethlehem morning
All around the glory manger

There in a stable she born him
Cold winter night
There in a stable she born him
Cold winter night
And there in a stable she born him
On a cold winter night
And sanctified the glory manger

And all his pretty little fingers
Played in the straw
All his pretty little fingers
Played in the straw
And all his pretty little fingers
Played in the straw
That's what made the glory manger


SH