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Artist: Joan Baez
Canonical path: /baez-joan/what-you-gonna-call-your-pretty-little-baby
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What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby
Read What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby lyrics by Joan Baez on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby
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Mary, Mary, had a little baby,
Oo pretty little baby,
Oo pretty little baby
Glory be to the newborn king.
Star a shinin', shinin' on the manger,
Oo, shinin' on the manger
Oo, welcoming a stranger
Glory be to the newborn king.
Mary, Mary, who was here who knew him,
Oo, did anybody know him,
The ox and the donkey they bowed right down before him,
Glory be to the newborn king.
Mary, what you gonna name your baby?
Oo, pretty little baby,
Mm, pretty little baby
Glory be to the newborn king.
Some call him Manuel, think I'll call him Jesus,
Mm, yes think I'll call him Jesus
Mm, my pretty little Jesus
Glory be to the newborn king.
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