Little David, Play on Your Harp
Language: English 
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, etc.

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, etc.

Text Authorship:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

Set in a modified version by Erich Zeisl.


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2025-03-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 73