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13 Dec 02 - 08:01 PM (#847026) Subject: Lyr Add: MARY AND THE BABY HUNGRY (Jamaican?) From: GUEST,jgtheg @shaw,ca Mary and the baby hungry hungry is not good to be So we bring them peas and rice and a little bit of English tea only ---peas and rice alittle english tea Mary thank us with her eyes She poor the same as we she poor the same as we |
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13 Dec 02 - 09:00 PM (#847067) Subject: Lyr Add: BORNING DAY (Hellerman/Minkoff) From: Stewie It is a fine song, but it is not Jamaican. It was written by Fred Hellerman and Fran Minkoff and its title is 'Borning Day'. I posted it to the forum long ago, but the search engine no longer finds it. Here it is again: BORNING DAY Mary and the baby hungry Oh we know what hungry be So we bring them peas and rice, a little ginger tea Only pigeon peas and rice, a little ginger tea Mary thank us with her eyes She poor the same as we She poor the same as we Mary and the baby lonely And lonely is not good to be So we sit a while and chat a while, keep them company Stay a while, make the baby smile, pass the time of day When we see how pleased they be It makes us glad we stay So glad that we could stay Mary and the baby weary Oh we know what weary be So we make a bed, a pillow for their head, with down from the mahoe tree Only down from the mahoe tree to rest them soft and good We be sad these are all we had But we do the best we could We do the best we could Mary and the baby rest easy We go away and let them be On hushed tiptoe with voice held low – and we look up and see Star of hope shine in the sky, to mark the baby's birth Seem to say it's the borning day Of better times on earth Of better times on earth Authors: Fred Hellerman and Fran Minkoff Copyright Appleseed Music Inc ASCAP. Source: Ronnie Gilbert 'Alone With' Mercury LP MG 20917 --Stewie. |
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13 Dec 02 - 10:01 PM (#847106) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Mary and the baby hungry [Jamacian] From: raredance Also on the Brothers Four Christmas album rich r |