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 in your possession.   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 believe 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      And then Daniel took the harp and went high on the hill   And he blew across the meadow like a whippoorwill   He played out his heart for the time to pass   But as he looked to the ground, he noticed no shadow did he cast      Daniel, Daniel and the sacred harp, dancing through the clover   Daniel, Daniel would you mind, if I look it over