Marys Boychild (Solo Tuba.Female Choir.Symphony Orchestra) (The song had its genesis when Hairston was sharing a room with a friend. The friend asked him to write a song for a birthday party. Hairston wrote the song with a calypso rhythm because the people at the party would be mainly West Indians. The songs original title was "He Pone and Chocolate Tea", pone being a type of corn bread. It was never recorded in this form.)