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Daniel in the Lion's Den (Ballad)
Traditional Old-Time, Gospel and Ballad;
ARTIST: The Camp-Meeting Chorister: or, A Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, for the Pious of All Denominations to Be Sung at Camp Meetings, etc. 1830
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgHTrJYGu1o&feature=watch_response
Daniel in the Lions' Den- Norfolk Jubilee Quartette 1927
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfgb6IGhDXo
Joe Carter (scroll down): http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/joecarter/particulars.shtml
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: Ballad (1819); Song circa 1882 Yale Songs; First recorded by Dixon Brothers 1926
RECORDING INFO: Daniel in the Lion's Den [Sh 194/Me III-B14]
Garrison, Lucy. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians II, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p273/# 194 [1917/08/11]
Bessie Jones “Daniel's in the Lion's Den” by Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers
OTHER NAMES: "Daniel in de Lion's Den"
SOURCES: Meade; Folk Index
NOTES: The traditional gospel song, "Daniel in the Lion's Den" was recorded by both white and black groups starting in the mid-1920s. "Daniel in de Lion's Den" was recorded by the Dixon Brothers for OKeh and the North Carolina Cooper Boys recorded "Daniel in the Den of Lions" in 1927. The black gospel group, Norfolk Jubilee Quartetterecorded Daniel in the Lions' Den in 1927.
A version appears under the title "Who Did" in Yale Songs: A Collection of Songs in use by the Glee Club and students of Yale in 1882 and again in the 1889 edition (with music) that can be viewed on-line: http://books.google.com/books?id=07IQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=1882+Yale+Songs+Who+Did&
cd=3#v=onepage&q&f=false You'll need to enter p. 128 to find it.
WHO DID- 1882 version of Daniel in the Lion's Den (Yale Songs) First verse:
Daniel (Daniel) Daniel (Daniel)
Daniel in the li- li- li- li-
Daniel (Daniel) Daniel (Daniel)
Daniel in the li- li- li- li-
Daniel (Daniel) Daniel (Daniel)
Daniel in the li- li- li- li-
Daniel in the lion's
Daniel in the lion's den.
"Daniel in the Lion's Den" is also a ballad found in 1830 in Camp-Meeting Chorister (see that version: ) and a version was collected in 1916 that came from the mid 180s (see brown). Details follow:
The Brown collection has the following information: Daniel in the Lion's Den
In a miscellaneous untitled collection of American broadsides in the Houghton Library of Harvard University there is a broadside of 'Daniel in the Lion's Den.' undated and without indication of printer or publisher. It is in sixteen stanzas and begins, "Among
the Judith captives, one Daniel there was found."
'Daniel in the Lion's Den' appears (without music or indication of authorship) in Peter D. Myers's The Zion Songster: A Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Generally Sung at Camp and Prayer Meetings, and in Rez'ii'als of Religion (New York, 1829,
1834, 1844), pp. 304-6 (1844 ed.). The same ballad also appears, with a "Second Part" relating the fate of Daniel's enemies, in The Camp-Meeting Chorister: or, A Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, for the Pious of All Denominations to Be Sung
at Camp Meetings, etc. (Philadelphia. 1852). pp. 173-6. SharpK II p. 273 prints one stanza with music. The Library of Congress Check-List lists two songs with this title, both from South Carolina. Davis FSV 311-12 lists two texts by title.
Between the Zion Songster and the Blades texts (eleven stanzas in each) there are verbal differences in every stanza, twenty-six in all; e.g.: stanza 1, Zion "nations" for Blades "captives," and "They say him" for "He was": stanza 6, "Now when Darius" for
"When King Darius," "soul" for "heart," "The Prince then" for "His Nobles all." These indicate copying from memory. There are similar differences from The Camp-Meeting Chorister text.
'Daniel in the Lion's Den.' From Camden Charles Blades. Elizabeth City, Pasquotank county, March 25, 1916; with the note: "The words to this were sent to my Grandfather by his sister in a letter she wrote sometime between 1845- 1854. It is not known where she got them from. This was found in his scrapbook."
DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN (ballad)- Camp-Meeting Chorister- 1830
HYMN 179. P. M.
1. AMONG the Jewish captives, one Daniel was there was found,
Whose unexampled piety astonish'd all around;
They saw him very pious and faithful to the Lord,
Three times a day he bowed to supplicate his God.
2. Among the king's high princes this Daniel was the first.
The king preferr'd the spirit this Daniel did possess;
His unexampled piety, sustained their jealousy;
The princes sought his ruin,—obtain'd a firm decree.
3. Should any man or woman, a supplication bring,
For thirty days ensuing, save unto thee, O King;
To any Lord or master, or any other man.
They should without distinction fall in the lion's den.
4. But now when Daniel heard it, straight to his house he went,
To beg his God's protection—'twas all his whole intent:
His windows being open, before his God he bow'd,
The princes were assembled, they saw him worship God.
5. They came to King Darius, and spake of his decree,
Saying, that Hebrew Daniel doth nothing care for thee:
Before his God he boweth three times in every day.
With all his windows open, and we have heard him pray,
6. Now when Darius heard it, his soul did sore lament,
He set his heart on Daniel, the sentence to prevent;
The princes then assembled and to the King they said,
Remember your great honour, likewise the laws you made.
7. Darius then commanded that Daniel should be brought,
And cast into the lion's den, because the Lord he sought:
The king then said to Daniel, That God whom you adore,
Will save you from the lions, and bless you evermore.
8 The King went to his palace, and fasted all the night,
He neither ate nor drank, nor in music took at light;
So early the next morning, be stole along the way,
And came unto the lion's den, where this bold Hebrew lay.
9. Then with a voice of mourning, to Daniel cry'd aloud.
Saying, O Daniel, Daniel, thou servant of the Lord!
Is not thy God sufficient for to deliver thee?
That God in whom they trusteth and serves continually.
10 My God hath sent his angel and shut the lions jaws,
So that they have not hurt me, my enemies they saw;
Then straight the King commanded to take him from the den,
Because in God he trusted, no harm was found in him.
11. See how the faithful Daniel fear'd not the face of clay,
'Twas not the King's commandment that made him cease to pray;
He knew that God was with him, to save his soul from death,
He trusted in Jehovah, and pray'd at every breath.
Second Part.
1. Darius then commanded those wretches to be brought,
Who had with so much boldness, the life of Daniel sought;
On women, men, and children, the sentence being pass'd,
Among the angry lions those" sinners then were cast.
2 The lions rush'd with vengeance upon those wicked men,
And tore them all to pieces ere they to the bottom came.
Thus God will save his children, who put their trust in him,
And punish their offenders with agonies extreme.
3 'Twas then a proclamation, Darius issued forth,
Commanding all the people that dwelt upon the earth,
To fear the God of Daniel, for he's the living God,
Whose kingdom is for ever, and shall not be destroy'd.
4 He maketh signs and wonders in heaven and on earth,
Who hath deliver'd Daniel, nnd shut the lion's mouth:
Who sav'd the Hebrew children when cast into the flame,
This is the God of Heaven, and he spreads his wide domain.
5 This Daniel's God is gracious to all his children dear,
He gives them consolation, and tells them not to fear;
He's promis'd to support them, and bring them safe; to dwell
Eternally in heaven, but dooms their foes to hell.
6 Hark' sinners, hear the gospel, it says to you repent,
Come try a bleeding Saviour, for you his blood was spilt:
Hedy'd to purchase pardon, that we might by liis pow'r,
Escape the roaring lions, that seek us to devour.
7 O will you be persuaded by one who loves your soul,
To turn and seek salvation with Christ in heav'n lo dwell:
Come serve the God of Daniel, 'tis Jesus bids you come,
You'll find a hearty welcome in Christ the bleeding Lamb,
8 Glory to God, O glory, for his redeeming love,
Religion makes us happy here, and will in worlds above;
Well sing bright hallelujahs, and join the holy Rons,
With Moses, Job, and Daniel, and all the heav'nly throng,
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