The Bible and Music

Madi Woodall
Self Analysis
PCA
McGrath

Prior to this project, I used to listen to the song Leroy Brown quite a bit, and more times than not I would have the tune stuck in my head. When researching different bible stories and verses, I was listening to this song and thought, who are some bad people in the Bible? I came across the story of David and Goliath and I knew that that was perfect. It took me a while to perfect the lyrics, but once I had I knew that I had done what I really wanted to do with the project. I continuously recorded the song as I was never quite satisfied with how my voice sounded, and am still trying to work on a finalized copy, more for myself than anything.
With a song as catchy and well known as Leroy Brown, I was nervous to present because I was afraid that I had messed up the song or lyrics. However after listening to everybody else’s drafts, I realized that there was no judgement no matter what I did. None of us are perfect and no matter what we make mistakes. We were all in support of one another and our journey throughout this course. I realized when working on this project that I should never be afraid to express myself in a musical way, even if I don’t feel that my work is quite good enough. This project made me feel comfortable singing again, and I hope to have the opportunity to work on something else. Learning about the bible and how it influences music and is intertwined into everything that we listen to was an incredible experience, and even though I did not necessarily pick this course, I have absolutely no regrets in taking it.

Lyrics:
In the valley of ole Elah
Is the baddest part of town
And if you go down there
You better just beware
Of a man named Goliath of Gath

Now Goliath more than trouble
You see he stood about 9ft 9
All the downtown maidens call him Tree Top Lover
All the Philistines call him sir

And he’s bad bad Goliath of Gath
Baddest man in the whole damn path
Badder than ole king Saul
Meaner than one of Satan’s dogs

Now Goliath, he’s a champion
And he’s never been beat before
He likes to wave his bloody sword
So everybody knows
He’s got a custom engraved chest plate
He wears gold around his waste
He’s got 32 feathers in his helmet for fun
He’s got a razor in his shoe

And he’s bad bad Goliath of Gath
Baddest man in the whole damn path
Badder than ole king Saul
Meaner than one of Satan’s dogs

Now a Friday bout a week ago
Philistines wanted to fight
And at the edge of the camp
Stood a man name David
And who that boy looked right
They sent there big man on in
And trouble soon began
And Goliath of Gath learned a lesson
Bout messing with the people of gods plan

And he’s bad bad Goliath of Gath
Baddest man in the whole damn path
Badder than ole king Saul
Meaner than one of Satan’s dogs

Well the two men took to fighting
And when they pulled him from the floor
Goliath took a stone from David’s ole shot
And the big man was all gone

And he’s bad bad Goliath of Gath
Baddest man in the whole damn path
Badder than ole king Saul
Meaner than one of Satan’s dogs

Finalized song: