
Lyrics
(African American Spiritual)
Refrain
Didn’t my Lord deliver Daniel,
Deliver Daniel, deliver Daniel,
Didn’t my Lord deliver Daniel,
Then why not a every man?
1. He delivered Daniel from the lion’s den,
Jonah from the belly of a whale,
And the Hebrew children from the fiery furnace,
Then why not every man?
The wind blows east and the wind blows west,
It blows like a judgment day,
And every poor soul that never did pray
Will be glad to pray that day. Refrain
I set my foot On the gospel ship,
And the ship it begin to sail,
And it landed me over On Canaan’s shore,
And I’ll never come back anymore. Refrain
See also
- Culture: African American Spirituals
- Subject: whales
- Form: ABA
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm: syncopation
- Scale: hexatonic
- Tones: l,t,drms
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody

