Song title: This little light of mine
(Traditional)
This little light of mine
Well this little light of mine, yeah I'm gonna let it shine
Well now this little light of mine, yeah I'm gonna let it shine
Well now this little light of mine, yeah I'm gonna let it shine
Every day (every day), every day (every day)
Every day (every day), every day (every day)
Every day (every day), every day (every day)
I'm gonna let my little light shine
Yeah!
Well Jesus gave me the light (Jesus came), I'm gonna let it shine
Well now Jesus came (Jesus came), I'm gonna let it shine
Well now Jesus came (Jesus came), I'm gonna let it shine
Every day (every day), every day (every day)
Every day (every day), every day (every day)
Every day (every day), every day (every day)
I'm gonna let my little light shine
Well now this little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine
Well now this little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine
Well now this little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine
Every day (every day), every day (every day)
Every day (every day), every day (every day)
Every day (every day), every day (every day)
I'm gonna let my little light shine
Well now this little light of mine, yeah I'm gonna let it shine
Well now this little light of mine, yeah I'm gonna let it shine
Well now this little light of mine, yeah I'm gonna let it shine
Every day (every day), every day (every day)
Every day (every day), every day (every day)
Every day (every day), every day (every day)
I'm gonna let my little light shine
Well now (Monday), He gave me the gift of love
(Tuesday), peace came from above
(Wednesday), show me how to have more faith
(Thursday), gave me a little more grace
(Friday), told me to watch and pray
(Saturday), told me what to say
(Sunday), gave me the power divine
This little light of mine
(This little light of mine), Woah! (I'm gonna let it shine)
Well now this little light of mine (This little light of mine), I'm gonna let it shine
Yeah now (this little light of mine), I'm gonna let it shine
Every day (every day), every day (every day)
….
I'm gonna let my little light shine
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine
Well now this little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine
Every day (every day), every day (every day)
…..
I'm gonna let my little light shine Notes:
Played in the last part of the SS tour in 2006. This is the Bruce version, with variations over the original version.
This song has never been published on any official release.
First known live performance: 01/10/2006 Palamalaguti, Bologne ,Italy
Last known live performance: 28/01/2014 Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town ,South Africa
Song 'history':
Often played during the The Seeger Session tour (27 times)
14 perfomances were given during the Wrecking Ball tour
Bruce gave this song one only shot through the High Hopes tour (28/01/2014 Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town ,South Africa)
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database