Mary and the baby, hungry.
Yes, we know what hungry mean.
So we bring them peas and rice
and a little ginger tea.
Only pigeon, peas and rice,
a little ginger tea.
Mary thanked us with her eyes.
She poured the same as we.
She poured the same as we.
Mary and the baby, lonely,
and lonely is not good to be.
So we sit a while, and we chat a while,
to keep them company.
Stay a while, make the baby smile,
past the time of day.
When we see how pleased they be,
it makes us glad we stay,
so glad that we could stay.
Mary and the baby weary,
oh, we know what weary be.
So we make a bed and
pillow for their head
with down from the maho tree.
Only down from the maho tree
to rest them soft and good.
We feel bad, these be all we had
But we do the best we could
We do the best we could
Mary and the babe rest easy
We go away and let them be
On hush tip -toe and voice kept low,
we look up and see
Star of hope shine in the sky
to mark the baby's birth
Seems to say it's the morning day
of better times on earth
Of better times onward