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Text:Little David, Play on Your Harp
Tune:[Little David was a shepherd boy]

94. Little David, Play on Your Harp

Refrain:
Little David, play on your harp,
Hallelu! Hallelu!
Little David, play on your harp, Hallelu!
Little David, play on your harp,
Hallelu! Hallelu!
Little David, play on your harp, Hallelu!

1 Little David was a shepherd boy,
He killed Goliath and shouted for joy. [Refrain]

2 Joshua was the son of Nun,
He never would quit till the work was done [Refrain]

3 Done told you once, done told you twice,
There're sinners in hell for shooting dice. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Little David was a shepherd boy
Title: Little David, Play on Your Harp
Refrain First Line: Little David, play on your harp
Language: English
Publication Date: 1981
Topic: Negro Spirituals and Afro-American Liberation Songs
Source: Traditional
Tune Information
Name: [Little David was a shepherd boy]
Key: G Major or modal
Source: Traditional



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