LET HIT SHINE

1
This little light of mine I'm gonna let hit shine
Oh, this little light of mine I'm gonna let hit shine
This little light of mine I'm gonna let hit shine,
Let hit shine
Let hit shine
Let hit shine.

2
All in the church He told me to let hit shine
All in the church He told me to let hit shine
Well, all in the church He told me to let hit shine,
Let hit shine
Let hit shine
Let hit shine.

3
Everywhere I go, oh I'm gonna let hit shine
Everywhere I go, oh I'm gonna let hit shine
Everywhere I go, oh I'm gonna let hit shine,
Let hit shine
Let hit shine
Let hit shine.

SOURCE: Olivia and Jack Solomon, "Honey in the Rock": The Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection of Religious Folk Songs from Sumter County, Alabama (Mercer University Press, 1991, p. 5; words only). The editors seem to think this originated among African Americans: "Widely performed by choirs and gospel groups during the 1930s, a favorite on gospel radio shows, 'Let hit shine' is now also in white folk tradition."(p. 5)

~Masato