We just wanted a Christmas song,” said Mitchell, who now resides in the United Kingdom. Liz Mitchell of Boney M Mary’s Boy Child is a 1956 Christmas song written by Jester Hairston.

For many Boney M’s Mary’s Boy Child/Oh My Lord has been a favourite at Christmastime. The song, which topped the British pop chart during Christmas in 1978, has sold in excess of 5 million ...

My favourite Christmas song is Mary’s Boy Child. I love the original version by Harry Belafonte. Boney M’s cover was a hit single in 1978, when I was a secondary school student in St.