The Band - Daniel and the Sacred Harp lyrics
[The Band - Daniel and the Sacred Harp lyrics]
Daniel, Daniel and the sacred harp
Dancing through the clover
Daniel, Daniel would you mind
If I look it over
I heard of this famous harp years
Ago back in my home town
But I sure never thought old Daniel be the
One to come and bring it around
Tell me Daniel how the harp
Came into your posession
Are you one of the chosen few who
Will march in the the procession?
And Daniel said
The sacred harp was handed down
From father unto son
And me not being related
I could never be the one
So I saved up all my silver
And took it to a man
Who said he could deliver the harp
Straight into my hand
Three years I waited patiently
'Till he returned with the harp
From the sea of Galilee
He said there is one more thing I must ask
But not of personal greed
But I wouldn't listen I just grabbed the harp
And said take what you may need
Now Daniel looked quite satisfied
And the harp it seemed to glow
But the price that Daniel had really paid
He did not even know
Back to his brother he took his troubled mind
And he said dear brother I'm in a bind
But the brother would not hear his tale
He said Old Daniel's gonna land in jail
So to his father Daniel did run
And he said oh father what have I done
His father said son you've given in
You know you won your harp
But you lost in sin
Then Daniel took the harp and
Went high on the hill and he blew across the
Meadow like a whippoorwhill
He played out his heart just the time to pass
But as he looked to the ground
He noticed no shadow did he cast
Dancing through the clover
Daniel, Daniel would you mind
If I look it over
I heard of this famous harp years
Ago back in my home town
But I sure never thought old Daniel be the
One to come and bring it around
Tell me Daniel how the harp
Came into your posession
Are you one of the chosen few who
Will march in the the procession?
And Daniel said
The sacred harp was handed down
From father unto son
And me not being related
I could never be the one
So I saved up all my silver
And took it to a man
Who said he could deliver the harp
Straight into my hand
Three years I waited patiently
'Till he returned with the harp
From the sea of Galilee
He said there is one more thing I must ask
But not of personal greed
But I wouldn't listen I just grabbed the harp
And said take what you may need
Now Daniel looked quite satisfied
And the harp it seemed to glow
But the price that Daniel had really paid
He did not even know
Back to his brother he took his troubled mind
And he said dear brother I'm in a bind
But the brother would not hear his tale
He said Old Daniel's gonna land in jail
So to his father Daniel did run
And he said oh father what have I done
His father said son you've given in
You know you won your harp
But you lost in sin
Then Daniel took the harp and
Went high on the hill and he blew across the
Meadow like a whippoorwhill
He played out his heart just the time to pass
But as he looked to the ground
He noticed no shadow did he cast