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This Litle Light of Mine

Source Recording: Ralph Stanley (2005)

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Key B Time 4/4

Chorus × 3

B / /B /

/B / /B /

E / /E /

B / /B /

/B / /B /

/B / /B /

F♯ / /F♯ /

B / /B /

Verse × 3

Song Details

Also Known As

This Light of Mine

Songwriter

Harry Dixon Loes

First Release

St. Paul Baptist Choir (1950)

Further reading

Secondhand Songs

Genres

Gospel Traditional Bluegrass

Themes

Faith/Praise

Jam Popularity

Source Recording

Artist

Ralph Stanley

Album

Shine On (2005) Bluegrass Discography

Key B Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 133 BPM Length 2:45

Musicians

Ralph Stanley — Lead Vocals
James Allen Shelton — Guitar
Nathan Stanley — Mandolin
Steve Sparkman — Banjo
John Rigsby — Backup Vocals, Fiddle
Jack Cooke — Bass
Ralph Stanley II — Guitar

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Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives

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A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming: Volume One (2003) Discogs

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Musicians

Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard

This Litle Light of Mine

Sing Me Back Home: The DC Tapes, 1965-1969 (2018) Bluegrass Discography

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