Low Voice,Vocal Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.829060 Composed by Hall (Francis) Johnson. Arranged by Hall Johnson, David Neff. Contemporary. 3 pages. David Neff #6699135. Published by David Neff (A0.829060). Mary Had a Baby is a Christmas spiritual that originated in the Gullah culture of the Georgia and South Carolina sea islands--as did Kumbaya and Michael, Row the Boat. The classic arrangement by Hall Johnson is simple and straightforward. With this arrangement, David Neff has enriched and expanded Hall Johnson's work, adding a fuller accompaniment, a key change, and a varied vocal line for the final verse. .
