Lyrics

DE KING IS BORN TODAY
Words and Music by
Morgan Ames and Donna McAfee

Chorus
HALLELUJAH. HALLELU, DE BABY ON HIS WAY
HALLELUJAH. HALLELU, DE KING IS BORN TODAY
EVERYBODY SING
HALLELUJAH. HALLELU, DE BABY ON HIS WAY
HALLELUJAH. HALLELU, DE KING IS BORN TODAY

A VOICE CAME SAYIN THAT MARY ‘BOUT TO HAVE A SON
WE BEEN WAITIN SUCH A LONG LONG TIME FOR DE HOLY ONE
WE THOUGHT HE’D BE IN PURPLE ROBES OF ROYAL MAJESTY
BUT MARY’S IN THE STABLE AND SHE WAITIN PATIENTLY.
EVERYBODY SING

DE TIME GO SLOWLY, DE COLD WIND WHISTLE THROUGH
MARY LOOK AT JOSEPH, HE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO
DEN DE VOICE CAME TO DEM, SAID, “MARY, DON’T YOU MIND,
A BWOY IS COMIN TO YA, DIS BWOY DE HOPE OF ALL MANKIND.”
EVERYBODY SING

DEN FINALLY DE BABY COME AND OH HE SMILE SO SWEET
HERE COME DE FRIENDS AND DE WISE MEN TO WORSHIP AT HE FEET
DIS BABY GOT NO MANSION, DIS BABY GOT NO TOYS
BUT EVERYBODY GATHER ROUND TO MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE
EVERYBODY SING

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