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Thread #97486   Message #1919454
Posted By: Azizi
26-Dec-06 - 06:26 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: African-American Christmas Carols
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: African-American Christmas Carols
Here is a YouTube clip of an African American Christmas Song:

FAMU Concert Choir 2006 (6)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE4rB_hXybI&mode=related&search=

Added December 11, 2006; From niwdogh
Christmas Concert - Mary Had A Baby

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By the way, "FAMU" is an abbreviation for Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, a historically Black [African American]university.

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I found these lyrics for Mary Had A Baby on http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~kuumba/songarchive.html#maryhad :

MARY HAD A BABY
[S - Mary had a Baby] My Lord!

[B - Where was He born?] Born in a manger.
[T - Oh, Mary had a Baby born in a manger. Mary had a Baby] My Lord!

[SOLO - What did they call Him?] King Jesus! --OOOO--

He is called "King Jesus," "Mighty Counsellor," "King Emmanuel,"
"Mighty God," "Everlasting Father," --HUM--

[S - Mary had a Baby] My Lord.