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List of Christmas Songs About Mary

By admin ⋅ December 5, 2007 ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Here are a few Christmas songs about Mary or from Mary’s perspective. I’ve provided links to lyrics, chords charts, and samples of the song to listen to save you some time. Some are old favorites and some are newer songs you may not have heard of.

Mary, Did You Know?

It’s an old standby, but maybe these images of a modern taken at Mary would freshen that song up. There are so many versions of this song. Take your pick.
lyrics/chords
listen to an mp3 (scroll down until you see the player)

Breath of Heaven (Mary’s Song)

I remember this being sung by Amy Grant. It’s a beautiful song lyrically that tells the story of Mary’s anxieties and her faith. It’s interesting musically because of its melodic nature and meter changes.
lyrics/chords
listen to Breath of Heaven

Labor of Love

This a relatively new Christmas song about Jesus’ birth. It paints the scene of that night in vivid detail. It’s from Andrew Petersen’s Behoold the Lamb of God Album (which I talk about here) album that tells the story of Christmas by starting with Passover. I couldn’t find the chords online, but you can purchase the music book and a performance track directly from artist.
listen to an mp3

Mary’s Boy Child

This is sometimes done in a calypso style. Doing so can be really fun or really disastrous. For the former result, I suggest doing this with children.
lyrics/chords
listen to an mp3 (scroll down a little. It’s on Disc 1)

Ave Maria

This is an obvious one if you’re not squeamish about doing something considered “Catholic.” By all accounts it’s a beautiful song, but isn’t it unbiblical? Isn’t it heretical because it’s that Roman Catholic prayer, Hail Mary, which is heretical? You’ll want to do your own research, but here’s reading a translation of it is a good place to start. Maybe I’ll write a little more on this later.
listen to an mp3 of Chris Cornell with Eleven

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