The Lambertville record., 1926-11-04
"LIL DAVID, PLAY ON Yo HARP~

"Endurin' de times wen King David lii
baby dey didn't hab drums like de chilluns gifts fer
Christmas nowadays began Doc Bloom as he started
his morning sermon at the Antioch African Baptist
Church, South "An wen David iii baby his
nav an paw glib i'm harp Std o drum fer
Christmas An dat wuz de maxim O. David
"Yassuh! Dat wuz de turnin point in David's
life; cause wen David git ter fddin' dat harp
e kinder git vision. Yo know dat fddlin de
harp strings an de heart strings is bout de same
things. Wen yo' fddles de harp strings hit makes
yo dream dreams and visions; an wen yo' fddes
de heart strings hit kinder makes yo tender-hearted
"De way yo' plays de heart strings is by in
terspeckshun. Interspeckshun means thinkin in yo
nsides; thinkin' bout yo shot-comins an yo' dis
appointments in life; thnkin' bout de folks yo loves
an thinkin bout de good Lawd an all de good things
e done fer yo'all.
$50 wen David bergn ter play on de harp e git
ter feelin' kinder gentle an lovn' An dat make i'm
like ter play de harp, an e keep playin'. De
fust thing e kin play bettern anybody else in
de whole kingdom o Judah. So dey says bout i'm dat
e cunnin player on de harp.
'Now All wants yo ter un'erstan' dat hit didn't
mean no jazz! Nawsuh! Hit real soul music;
hit de kinder music dat de angels sings
"Hit wuznt de kinder music like whut de gals
dances wild nowadays wen dey tries ter thow connp-
ton fits an tuns deyselfs inside-out Nawsuh! Hit
does now adays wen dey's almos guilty o fornication
right out de dance flo. Nawsuh
"De kinder music whut David play on is harp wuz
de kinder music whut makes yo want ter be better
Chrst'on an love yo enemies. Dat is efen de enc
mics doan borrow money often yo' an won't pay hit
back! CThis was back-hand slap at Tige Brown to
whom Doe had once loaned two dollars and couldn't
collect until he grabbed it in crap game where Tige
playingo
aPnt day had
sician--es' like most o. de musicians David tenn
permenta, Most O. de musicians nowadays calls dey-
sefs artists an jes cause deys artists dey thinks
dey kin dey tempermentalness break loose inter free
love- whut David done; e got ter lovin too free
ly an de fust thing de folks knows Davd's got mo-
wives dan e kin shake stick at
"But dat amt ALL Nawsuhl Dat tempermental
streak in David wuznt satisfied fer i'm ter hab a
whole housefull O. wives but e gotta out an git
some odder mans wife Yassuh! An dat whar e begin
ter hab trouble. Yassuh!
Zone mawnin whilst e walkn' de flat
roof O. de house e happened ter look ovah inter de
back yard OBJ de house mex do an e see nekked
oman takin' bath. Yassuh In dem days dey didn't
hab 'em no bath rooms in de house like dey got
nowadays. Nawsuh! Dey jes' take wash tub out in
de yard whar dey won't wet up de flo, an dey jes
washes deysefs by splashin wild
$50 wen David dis purity nekked oman, all is
musical temperament commence ter break out on i'm
dat dis oman anudder mans wife. Nawsuh!
wuz jes like iii chile whut sees purity toy-e say
'Ah wants dat!
can cause e wuz de king e kin hab anything
dat want So e send an git dis oman, an dey calls
'er Bath-Sheba. De dey calls er Bath-Shebs
is cause wen David fust see er she takin bath
"An e let is music temperament git de bes o him
an git so crazy bout dis oman dat amt Satisfied
'twe e git rid O. Bath-She husbun. An de husbur
is soldier in Davd's army, David scheme ter put
i'm in de mos dangerest place git killed. Yassuh
$50 de Lawd SEN word dat David is guilty o
murder! Yassuh! An de moral o dis story is dat
David woud-a been whole lot better off efen ed
kept payin' lis harp std O. playin wild anud
der mans wife! Yassuh! An wen De Lawd send dc
prophet shame David e say ter i'm, David, play
on yo' harp!' Yassuh!
"An dat's a warnin' ter de niggers 'roun' bout
dis chech-yo' better play yo' harp an let de gals
lionel Efen yo amt got yo' harp, den yo better
git yo'sefs mouf-organ cause htll help ter keer
yo' outta trouble! Yassuh!"