Lyrics
(African American Spiritual)
Yonder comes Sister Mary.
How do you know it is her?
With the palms of victory in her hand,
And the keys of Bethlehem.
And the keys of Bethlehem, O Lord,
The keys of Bethlehem. (repeat)
See also
- Country / Culture: US / African American Spiritual
- Subject: Christmas
- Harmony: I, IV, V
- Meter: 4
- Scale: pentatonic
- Tones: s,l,drmsl
- Source: American Folk Songs for Children, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
