The Holly & The Ivy / Mary’s Boy Child

Name: The Holly & The Ivy / Mary’s Boy Child
Duration: 3 min 25 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.4	The Holly & The Ivy / Mary’s Boy Child	3:25	Rick Wakeman	Christmas Portraits	Rick Wakeman	Album	GB2019-11-29
1.4	The Holly & The Ivy / Mary’s Boy Child	3:25	Rick Wakeman	Christmas Portraits	Rick Wakeman	Album	XW2019-11-29	Sony Classical
1.4	The Holly & The Ivy / Mary’s Boy Child	3:24	Rick Wakeman	Christmas Portraits	Rick Wakeman	Album	XE2019	Sony Classical	19075967592

piano:	Rick Wakeman
instruments arranger:	Rick Wakeman

recording of:	Mary’s Boy Child (instrumental, medley) The Holly and the Ivy (instrumental, medley)

lyricist and composer:	Jester Hairston

publisher:	Bourne Music Ltd. J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.

referred to in medleys:	Mary’s Boy Child / Oh My Lord (order: 1) Megamix 4 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 1) Mix Four (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 1) Mix 2 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 6)
later translated versions:	Barnet i Betlehem Denn es ist Weihnachtszeit Det hände sig för länge sen Kuningas hän on Lang tid tilbake Maria fekk eit guttebarn (Norwegian (nynorsk) translation of "Mary's Boy Child") Maria’s kind (Mary’s Boy Child) Marian poika Marias guttebarn Seinier Cyrn, A Chaner Clych! Und Frieden für die Welt
arrangements:	Mary’s Boy Child (arr. Langford) Mary’s Little Boy Child

lyricist and composer:	[traditional] (special purpose artist)

later versions:	Holly, Ivy, and Rose
is the basis for:	Sans Day Carol The Holly & The Ivy The Holly & The Ivy (Feral Pig & Cane Toad) (Parody) The Holly and the Ivy Three Nativity Carols: I. The Holly and the Ivy
arrangements:	The Holly & The Ivy (arr. Blake) The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Britten) The Holly and the Ivy (Ben Shive arrangement) The Holly and the Ivy (Modern carol by June Nixon) The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Davies) The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Rutter) The Holly and the Ivy (for brass quintet) The Holly and the Ivy (Mannheim Steamroller arrangement) The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Gjeilo) The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Thomson)