African American Spirituals

Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?

Performed by the Howard Roberts Chorale/Alvin Ailey

Recorded 1978

Traditional Arr. by Miller

The full version of this file is available on CD0100. This CD contains more than 34 hours of historical audio.

This song of slavery and freedom again appropriates an Old Testament seer and strong man of God, Daniel, as a heroic exemplary. Like Jonah and the "Hebrew Children"--also often the heroes of the spirituals--Daniel was protected by "my Lord" and delivered from confinement and danger: "Why not every man?"

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