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Mary Had a Baby This a spiritual representing a part of the life of Mary, mother of Jesus. It also represents the feelings of the heart and inner self. Many spirituals are of a sad nature or draw their texts from Bible stories and based on declarations from the Book of Revelation. Many other sites declare that the spiritual Mary Had a Baby is to show Mary had her baby illegimately, but nothing in the written scripture shows this. However, even the inception has different ideas of the source. But according to almost all sources, Mary was married to Joseph prior to the delivery of her baby. The author(s) of Mary Had a Baby is unknown as with many spirituals. Just as a story changes in its telling, spirituals changed as they were passed down. The spiritual, Mary Had a Baby may be heard with different verses for different occassions. However, the story of birth remains the same. Mary Had a Baby shares the joy of the birth of a child. As with many slaves, their children were sold and the joy of childhood passed them by as they were held in capitivity.