Daniel and The Sacred Harp
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Chorus: Daniel Daniel and the sacred harp
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Dancing through the clover
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Daniel Daniel would you mind
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If I look it over
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Verse: I heard of this famous harp years ago back in my home town
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But I sure never thought old Daniel be the one to come and bring it around
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Tell me Daniel how the harp came into your posession
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Are you one of the chosen few who will dance in the the procession
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and Daniel said
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The sacred harp was handed down from father unto son
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And need not be related I could never be the one
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So I saved up all my silver and took it to a man
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Who said he could deliver the harp straight into my hand
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Three years he waited patiently
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till he returned with the harp from the sea of Galilee
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He said there is just one thing I must ask but not a personal grief
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But Daniel wouldn't listen he just grabbed the harp
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And said take what you may need.
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Now Daniel looked quite satisfied and the harp it seemed to glow
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But the price that Daniel had really paid he did not even know
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Back to his brother he took his troubled mind
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And he said oh brother I'm in a bind
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But the brother would not hear his tale he said Old Daniel's gonna land in jail
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So to his father Daniel did run And he said oh father what have I done
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His father said son you've given in you know you won your harp
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But you lost ??? ???
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Then Daniel took the harp and went high on the hill
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And he blew across the meadow like a whipperwhill
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He played out his heart just the time to pass
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But as he looked to the ground he noticed no shadow did he cast
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