O David

DESCRIPTION: "O David, yes, yes, My little David, yes, yes, And he killed Goliath...." "My little David... Was a shepherd's boy...." "He killed Goliath... And he shouted for joy...." "O David... Play on, David...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (Thomas)
KEYWORDS: Bible religious
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Burton/Manning-EastTennesseeStateCollectionVol1, p. 93, "David, David" (1 text, 1 tune)
Killion/Waller-ATreasuryOfGeorgiaFolklore, p. 237, "Evil Little David" (1 text, 1 tune)
Thomas-BalladMakingInMountainsOfKentucky, pp. 204-207, "David, David, Yes, Yes" (1 text, 1 tune) (OakEd, pp. 206-209)
Lomax-FolkSongsOfNorthAmerica 130, "O David" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #6683 and 7117
NOTES [75 words]: The story of David and Goliath (actually *two* stories, carefully blended together, in one of which David is Saul's aide/court musician and in another he is a shepherd visiting the battle) is found in 1 Samuel 17.
The versions of this are so diverse that Roud gave it multiple numbers, and I will allow that different songs about David and Goliath could easily have come into existence. But I don't see an obvious way to draw a line between them. - RBW
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