1921

Little David, Play on Your Harp

Composed by Henry T. Burleigh
Text by Spiritual
H. T. Burleigh's arrangement of the classic spiritual

Listen

Little David, Play on Your Harp
Louise Toppin, soprano; Joshua Marzan, piano1:47

Henry T. Burleigh

Composer

Spiritual

Poet(s)/Writer(s)

2022

Date

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Location

This recording was part of a concert during the American Song Institute 2022, which took place on the campus of the University of Michigan.

Text

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.

Records

2006

Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit

Henry T. Burleigh, Moses Hogan

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