
Lyrics
(African American Spiritual)
Refrain
Wasn’t that a mighty day. Hallelu, hallelu,
Wasn’t that a mighty day when Jesus Christ was born.
Well, Jesus was a baby,
A-lying at Mary’s arm,
Lying in the stable of Bethlehem,
The beasts they keep-a him warm. Refrain
See also
- Culture: African American Spirituals
- Subject: Christmas
- Form: ABA
- Melody: tonic triad
- Meter: 2
- Rhythm:
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- Scale: Mixolydian
- Source: American Folk Songs for Children,Ruth Crawford Seeger, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948
- Printable & Digital Visual

- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody


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