Come Little Children
Donny Hathaway * Track #6 On Extension of a Man
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Come Little Children by Donny Hathaway
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Performed by
Donny HathawayProduced by
Arif MardinWrited by
Donny HathawayCome Little Children Lyrics
Come little children I'll take thee away
Into a land of enchantment
Came little children the time's come to play
Here in my garden of shadows
Follow us little children I'll show thee the way through all the pain and sorrows ..
Weak not poor children the life is this way
Murdering beauty and passion
Hush now little children
It must be this way to weary of life and exception
Rest now my children for soon we'll away
Into the calm and the quite
Uh Uh Uh..
Come little children I'll take the away into a land of enchantment
Came little children the time's come to play
Here in my garden of shadows
Uh Uh Uh...
Come Little Children Q&A
Who wrote Come Little Children's ?
Come Little Children was written by Donny Hathaway.
Who produced Come Little Children's ?
Come Little Children was produced by Arif Mardin.
When did Donny Hathaway release Come Little Children?
Donny Hathaway released Come Little Children on Mon Jun 18 1973.
What have other artists said about this song?
It’s basically a call ‘n holler song, like the slaves in the fields would sing. Yet Donny made it 5/4 [time signature], not a rhythm you’d associate with Afro-Americans at all. He could combine the church and the secular like nobody else.
— Roberta Flack, The Independent, 1999
What did Donny Hathaway say about "Come Little Children"?
In the album’s liner notes, Donny wrote at length about the inspiration and rhythm composition of this song.
While reminiscing back to my childhood days, I remember playing a game called “Hide & Go Seek”, where a group of kids would hide while one kid would close his eyed and chant:
Last night...