Lift Every Voice and Sing II 182
Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?
- Tune
- [he delivered daniel from the lion’s den]
- Composer(s)
- Carl Haywood (b. 1949)
- Text Source(s)
- Traditional
- Tune Source(s)
- Negro Spiritual
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Refrain: Didn’t my Lord deliver Daniel, deliver Daniel, deliver Daniel, Didn’t my Lord deliver Daniel, An’ why not-a every man.
1 He delivered Daniel from the lion’s den, an’ Jonah from the belly of the whale; An’ the Hebrew children from the fiery furnace, An’ why not every man. [Refrain]
2 The win’ blows eas’ an’ de win’ blows wes’, It blows like de judgament day; An’ ev’ry po’ soul dat never did pray’ll be glad to pray dat day. [Refrain]
3 I set my foot on de gospel ship, an’ de ship begin to sail; It landed me over on Canaan’s shore, An’ I’ll never come back no more. [Refrain]