Lyrics to
Little David

This version of Little David was released by James Taylor in 1972.

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Little David, play on your harp, hallelu, hallelujah, little David,
play on your harp, hallelujah.
Little David, play on your harp, hallelu, hallelujah, little David,
play on your harp, hallelujah.

Hey now, I don’t know for sure, but it’s gets said, and I got told,
Someone said that the streets of heaven are paved with solid gold,
It must make a might good road, little David, play on your harp,
Hallelu, hallelujah, little David, play on your harp, hallelujah.

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About Lyrics and Little David by James Taylor

The lyrics for Little David are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by James Taylor. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Little David have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Little David - James Taylor and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Little David by James Taylor in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Little David" means the words set to the music of Little David, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by James Taylor. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Little David and the lyrics to Little David are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of James Taylor who came here looking just for the lyrics to Little David, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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