Daniel and the Sacred Harp
Band

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Daniel, Daniel and the sacred harp
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Dancing through the clover
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Daniel, Daniel would you mind if I look it over

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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 possession
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Are you one of the chosen few who will march in 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 me not being 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 I waited patiently
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'Til he returned with the harp from the sea of Galilee
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He said there is one more thing I must ask but not of personal greed
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But I wouldn't listen I just grabbed that 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 dear brother I'm in a bind
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But the brother would not hear his tale
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He said Old Daniel's gonna land in jail
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So to his father Daniel did run
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And he said oh father what have I done
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His father said son you've given in
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You know you won your harp but you lost in sin

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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 whippoorwill
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He played out his heart just for time to pass
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But as he looked to the ground he noticed no shadow did he cast

  C                    G
Daniel, Daniel and the sacred harp
  F                 C
Dancing through the clover
  F            Em             G            C
Daniel, Daniel would you mind if I look it over