Little innocent lamb
( Little lamb, little lamb, little innocent lamb ; Hypocrite, hypocrite, tell you what he do ; Debbil, he's got a slippery shoe ; Jes' take one brick from Satan's wall )
Edition
Ref. :
10049
(14 p.)
, "G. Schirmer's secular choral music"
Type of material:
Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
Copyright :
1950, 1952
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
20th century
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Spiritual ; Call and response
Mood of the piece:
allegro moderato ; joyous ; trusting
Type of Choir:
SATB (4 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
E major
Duration:
2.5 min.
Number of verses:
3
Origin:
USA
Musicological Sources:
Spiritual collected at Oak Grove, North Carolina, April 4, 1926
Source of text:
spiritual