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Tuba and Symphony Orchestra
Hairston - Mary's Boychild (Tuba and Symphony Orchestra)
Jester Hairston / Øystein Baadsvik
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The song had its genesis when Hairston was sharing a room with a friend. The friend asked him to write a song for a birthday party. Hairston wrote the song with a calypso rhythm because the people at the party would be mainly West Indians. The song's original title was "He Pone and Chocolate Tea", pone being a type of corn bread. It was never recorded in this form.