The Borning Day

Harry Belafonte

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Mary and the baby hungry;

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Yes, we know what hungry be.

Am                       D
So we bring them Pigeon Peas and 
rice,

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And a little ginger tea.

C    G
Only Pigeon Peas and rice;

C               Am
A little ginger tea.

C                      G
Mary thank us with her eyes,

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She poor the same as we.

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She poor the same as we.

[Verse 2]


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Mary and the baby, lonely;

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Lonely is not good to be.

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So we stay a while and chat a while,

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To keep them company.

C                      G
Stay a while, make the baby smile;

C                Am
Pass the time of day.

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Mary’s laughter touch our hearts,

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She make us glad we stay.

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So glad that we could stay.

[Verse 3]


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Mary and the baby, weary.

                 G
Oh, we know what weary be.

Am                    D
So we make a bed and pillow for her 
head

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With down from the Mahoe Tree.

C                  G
Only down from the Mahoe Tree

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To rest them soft and good.

C                    G
We feel bad these be all we had:

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We do the best we could.

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We do the best we could.

[Verse 4]


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Mary and the babe rest, easy.

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We go ‘way and let them be.

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On hush tip-toe and voice kept low;

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We look up and see:

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Star of Hope shine in the sky!

   C               Am
To mark the baby’s birth!

C               G
Seem to say it's ‘Borning Day',

C           D       Am
Of better times on earth.

    C       D       Am
Of better times on earth.
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