Little David, Play on Your Harp

H. T. Burleigh's arrangement of the classic spiritual

Date: 1921Composer: Henry T. BurleighText: Spiritual

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    Little David, play on your harp, Hallelu,
    Little David, play on your harp, Hallelu.

    God told Moses, O Lord!
    Go down in Egypt, O Lord!
    Tell ole Pharo’, O Lord!
    Loose my people,

    O Little David, play on your harp, Hallelu,
    Little David, play on your harp, Hallelu.

    Down in de valley, O Lord!
    I didn’t go to stay; O Lord!
    My soul got happy, O Lord!
    An’ I stay’d all day,

    O Little David, play on your harp, Hallelu
    Little David, play on your harp, Hallelu,
    Little David, play on your harp, Hallelu,
    Little David, plau on your harp, Hallelu.

    Recordings

    Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

    (Henry T. Burleigh and Moses Hogan)

    2006

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