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25 Jan 00 - 08:07 AM (#167981) Subject: This Little Light of Mine From: GUEST |
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25 Jan 00 - 09:19 AM (#168034) Subject: RE: This Little Light of Mine From: catspaw49 Just in case some poor soul was indeed looking for the lyrics, there is at least one sey in the DT listed under (appropriately enough)"This Little Light of Mine (click)." Spaw |
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21 May 01 - 10:11 PM (#467541) Subject: RE: This Little Light From: GUEST,joe i recall the K3 version thus; 2nd vrs, now some say, 'the time's too late, this old world's in a sorry state'. we've got a different story. we say, 'this world is a-bound for glory' thre's a little white dove flyin' in the blue. gonna show ya what the powr of love can do. so where there's a dark corner in this land, i'm gonna let my little light shine. how's that? |
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27 Nov 01 - 04:37 PM (#598748) Subject: Lyr Add: THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) This Little Light O' Mine. This little light o' mine, I'm goin' let it shine (3 times) Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. Ev'rywhere I go I'm goin' let it shine (3 times) Let it shine, etc. In my neighbor's home, I'm etc. Repeat 1st verse. Doris McMurray, Goree Farm, Huntsville, TX. John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. Click on Links at top of page and go to Lomax Collection. (Click audio subject and go to spirituals. @religion @gospel @spiritual |
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27 Nov 01 - 05:04 PM (#598769) Subject: This Little Light Of Mine From: Joe Offer Say, that's quite different from the This Little Light of Mine in the Digital Tradition. I know at least two tunes for this song, but the one I prefer is the one that goes with the lyrics above. Here are some other verses I've learned. I suppose they developed from church camps. What I sing is closer to This Little Guiding Light of Mine, although I sing it as "This Little Candle Light of Mine." -Joe Offer- All around the world, I'm gonna let it shine... Walk my candle 'round the block, I'm gonna let it shine. Don't you blow my candle out.... (or substitute a blowing action for "blow") Put it under a bushel, NO!... |
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27 Nov 01 - 05:58 PM (#598815) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light O' Mine From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Went to google to find out more. The song was composed by Harry Dixon Loes (1895-1965). He was with the Moody Bible Inst. from 1939-retirement. The original (public domain) is in the CCF Chordbook, www. its.caltech.edu/~chords/chord355.shtml. The verses given are: This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine (sing couplet 3 times) Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. Hide it under a bushel, NO! I'm gonna let it shine, etc. Won't let Satan blow it out, I'm gonna let it shine, etc. Let it shine 'till Jesus comes, I'm gonna let it shine, etc. Looks like there are many variations. |
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28 Nov 01 - 02:34 AM (#599179) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light O' Mine From: masato sakurai The Lomax recording (1939) is HERE. ~Masato |
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28 Nov 01 - 11:48 AM (#599409) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light O' Mine From: Burke I learned it in Sunday School with hand motions. What I remember is:
(Holding index finger up)
Hide it under a bushel? NO! ... etc.
Don't you try to (blowing sound) out!..etc.
All around the neighborhood... etc.
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28 Nov 01 - 12:33 PM (#599447) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light O' Mine From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) This white gospel tune has been adapted to various purposes. The designation spiritual in my original posting should be removed. In going through google, I found a couple of references to the hand motions. The song has been used with children from its inception. |
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07 Dec 01 - 01:34 AM (#605496) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light O' Mine From: GUEST,PK Well, Dicho, The version with "...hide it under a bushel...," ""...won't let Satan [whoosh] it out...," and even the title concept (let your light shine) definitely do have roots in the New Testament Gospels. In that sense, I say it's Gospel, even if it's evolved into New Age music in some versions. PK
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07 Dec 01 - 12:19 PM (#605768) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light O' Mine From: Ebbie In Harrisonburg, Virginia, eons ago, I attended monthly all-night sings. One white quartet used to sing 'This Little Light of Mine', not in the Sunday school fashion, but rather in a black approach. They sang it unaccompanied. I remember a verse/arrangement that went:
Jesus gave me the light; I'm gonna let it shine They went from lead to lead, changing keys as needed. It was rousing. Wouldn't mind hearing it again. Ebbie |
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07 Dec 01 - 12:22 PM (#605771) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light O' Mine From: Jerry Rasmussen This song is sung ALL THE TIME in black churches. You can add the verse... "The World Didn't give it to me." Jerry |
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07 Dec 01 - 01:37 PM (#605817) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light O' Mine From: GUEST,Deda In the Unitarian Universalist church I used to go to, we could expand this song almost forever, thus:
I've got the light of freedom
I've got the light of truth
I've got the light of love etc., etc. The minister would have the congregation fill in the blank and we'd sing whatever verses we wanted. |
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07 Dec 01 - 02:58 PM (#605872) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light O' Mine From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Composed by a white hymnist, this easily learned little song has been adapted by both blacks and whites. Unlike many hymns, it uses the old two-line verses common in Negro spirituals and a repetitive chorus, making it easy to add to and revise. In answer to PK, these songs are all based "on de Book" in some way, but there are so many that they must be classified in some way to make finding and comparing them easier. The general heading is religion, but divisions such as hymns (more or less formally composed), spirituals (Negro songs composed during the slavery period and in succeeding decades but in the same forms), gospel (white and black), (religious) blues, etc. are very useful, if sometimes overlapping. See African-American Spirituals Permathread and other threads mentioned there. |
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07 Dec 01 - 08:27 PM (#606085) Subject: Lyr Add: LET HIT SHINE From: masato sakurai LET HIT SHINE
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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
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07 Dec 01 - 11:59 PM (#606189) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light O' Mine From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) So, far, the date of Loes composition is not known. Dates are indefinite for the Negro versions. "Let It Shine" appears frequently. It is the title of a new book (2000) on Stories of the Black Women Freedom Fighters, as a list heading of children's books on the Afric-American experience put out by the San Francisco Public Library, for a show of African American star quilts, and in secular versions: THE JUNIOR FARMER LIGHT OF MINE The Junior Farmer light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine, (3 times) Let it shine, all the time, let it shine. Hide it under a bushel, no, I'm gonna let it shine, (3 times) Let it shine, all the time, let it shine. Shine all over Ontario, I'm gonna let it shine, (3 times) Let it shine, all the time, let it shine. Canadian version from www.jfao.on.ca. There is another gospel song, recorded by Lead Belly and others, called "Let the Light From the Lighthouse Shine On Me" (or, Let It Shine On Me). THIS LITTLE LIGHT This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine (3x) Let it shine (3x) This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine (2x) This little light of mine, you know I'm gonna let it shine, Let it shine (3x) This little song of mine, I'm gonna sing out every line (3x) Let it shine (3x) This little dream of mine, I'm gonna dream all the time (3x) Let it shine (3x) Judy and David Gershon, another secular version. Music has been composed by Elton John for lyrics by Bernie Taupin, "Let it Shine." Not seen. "This Little Christian Light of Mine" is offered on one Christian website. A peculiar one is "Be a jack-o-lantern for Jesus! This little light of mine, I'm ..." Sites which offer "This Little Light..." may list no author, state "unknown" or "spiritual," and in a few cases cite Loes as author. There are many, many sites offering this little song. |
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08 Dec 01 - 10:45 PM (#606551) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light O' Mine From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Este Pequeño Lucero mío Este pequeño lucero mío Voy a permitir su brillo. (sing couplet 3 times) Permitir su brillo, permitir su brillo, permitto su brillo. En todo mi esquela, Voy a permitir su brillo, etc.
(This little light of mine, I'm going to let it shine (3 times). Let it shine (3 times) |
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25 Feb 02 - 04:53 PM (#657730) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light O Mine From: wysiwyg The above now indexed in the African-American Spirituals Permathread. If more lyrics (with titles other than the above) are added in this thread, please help us index them by posting the song title and thread URL to the Permathread. Thanks. ~Susan |
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11 Dec 06 - 01:07 PM (#1906515) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light O' Mine From: oldhippie Deda, there are additional Unitarian Universalist verses: first lines: "This little liberal light of mine" "Don't you come and puff it out" |
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11 Dec 06 - 01:29 PM (#1906536) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light O' Mine From: Azizi This Little Light of Mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4wDKP-Oi2A Added December 04, 2006; From danaeandrea "Danae Andrea Howe singing with the POCC Danae Andrea Howe singing with the POCC choir at the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) People of Color Conference in Seattle- December 2, 2006" |
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11 Dec 06 - 01:44 PM (#1906553) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light O' Mine From: Q (Frank Staplin) Good one! |
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11 Dec 06 - 09:44 PM (#1907022) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light O' Mine From: Richie I learned to sing a different version. In addition to the regular verses there is a Chorus/Bridge: The light that shines is the light of love, Lights the darkness from above, Shines on me and it shines on you, Shows you what the power of love can do. I'm gonna shine my light both far and near, I'm gonna shine my light both bright and clear, If there's a dark corner in this land, I'm gonna let my little light shine. There are two additional bridge/chorus parts that I used to know. Anyone know where this came from? Richie |
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27 Sep 07 - 05:09 PM (#2158818) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light o' Mine From: GUEST,michaela Another Spanish version (by Francisca Gonzalez and Micaela O'Donnell) Esta luz mia deja la brillar esta luz mia deja la brillar esta luz mia deja la brilla a brillar, a brillar, a brillar... |
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17 Oct 07 - 04:12 PM (#2173153) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light o' Mine From: GUEST,titi This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine. Hide it under a bushel? No! I'm gonna let it shine Hide it under a bushel? No! I'm gonna let it shine Hide it under a bushel? No! I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine. This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine. Don't let Satan blow it out, I'm gonna let it shine Don't let Satan blow it out, I'm gonna let it shine Don't let Satan blow it out, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine. This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine. Shine all over [name of town], I'm gonna let it shine Shine all over [name of town], I'm gonna let it shine Shine all over [name of town], I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine. This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine. Let it shine til Jesus comes, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine til Jesus comes, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine til Jesus comes, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine. This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine. |
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18 Oct 07 - 12:15 AM (#2173390) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light o' Mine From: GUEST,Tinker in Chicago The Kingston Trio did a version on their "College Concert" album that kept the chorus of the original and only had one verse, augmented by repetition:
On Tuesday, peace came from above, On Wednesday, told me to watch and pray On Thursday, told me just what to say On Friday, sent me down some faith, On Saturday, give me a little more grace, On Sunday, give me the pow'r divine just to let my little light shine. |
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02 Nov 08 - 02:45 AM (#2482227) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light of Mine From: GUEST this little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine Oh this little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine Let it shine Let it shine E'vry where I go I'm gonna let it shine Oh e'vry where I go I'm gonna let it shine E'vry where I go I'm gonna let shine Let it shine Let it shine Let it shine Jesus gave it to me I'm gonna let it shine Oh jesus gave it to me I'm gonna let it shine Jesus gave it to me I'm gonnna let it shine Let it shine Let it shine Let it shine Gonna Lay my burdens down I'm gonna let it shine Gonna lay my burdens down I'm gonna let it shine Gonnna Lay my burdens down I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine Let it shine Let it shine All in my house I'm gonna let it shine All in my house I'm gonna let it shine All in my house I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine Let it shine Let it shine Ain't gonna give it away I'm gonna let it shine Ain't gonna give it away I'm gonna let it shine Aint gonna give away I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine Let it shine Let it shine You can repeat or ad lib... my great grandmother and the decons used to sing this all the time the NEGRO way lol... they got real deep with it some times... |
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02 Nov 08 - 06:09 PM (#2482758) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light of Mine From: Azizi Well at least GUEST 02 Nov 08 - 02:45 AM capitolized the referent "NEGRO" that has been retired from use since the 1960s. With all sincerity, just in case some people aren't aware of this, the formal referent for Black Americans is "African American". While it seems to me a legitimate question could be "What is the "Negro" [African American] way of singing a song?", I'll refrain from asking that question at this time. |
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03 Nov 08 - 08:56 PM (#2483985) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light of Mine From: Jim Dixon Well, it's not altogether retired. I see the United Negro College Fund hasn't gotten around to changing its name yet, and neither has the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. However, they do seem to use their initials more often than their spelled-out names. Nothing is ever simple, is it? |
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04 Nov 08 - 08:03 PM (#2485027) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light of Mine From: GUEST,wayne monroe Bob Gibson recorded richie's version. |
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04 Nov 08 - 08:09 PM (#2485036) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light of Mine From: Les in Chorlton Look, just get onto live TV the world is moving on |
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08 Jan 10 - 11:17 PM (#2807190) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: This Little Light of Mine From: GUEST there is another bridge... monday gave me the gift of love tuesday peace came from above wednesday told me to have more faith thursday gave me a little more grace friday told me just what to say saturday told me to watch and pray sunday gave me the Power Devine just to let my little light shine! |