Parody of Do Wah Diddy Diddy performed by Manfred Mann and written by Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich
(1 Samuel 13:14, 1 Kings 15:5)
Everyone listen what I'm 'bout to speak, singin'
Do what David did and Saul didn't do
Saul was the king first but he stumbled in defeat, sinkin'
Do what David did and Saul didn't do
He looked good (looked good)
He looked fine (looked fine)
Yet he really lost his mind
Before I knew him Dave was watchin' Jesse's sheep, slingin'
Do what David did and Saul didn't do
Told them God's plan, "Jesse, that child's meant to be king and"
Do what David did and Saul didn't do
He knocked on (He knocked on)
Goliath's door (Goliath's door)
He knocked on Goliath's door
And helped Israel win the war
Oh whoa!
I knew he was valiant enough
Yes, I did, and so I told him, you're a king God can really love
Now read together nearly everything that they did and
Do what David did and Saul didn't do
'Cept for Bathsheba 'cause that was a mistake, sinning
Do what David did and Saul didn't do
Now I've heard (I've heard)
He's fine (He's fine)
I've heard he's fine
Let me tell you one more time
Oh whoa! I knew it was gonna be rough
Yes, I did, and so I told him, You'll be king, just believe and trust
Now read together First and Second Samuel's pages and
Do what David did and Saul didn't do
I'm in half of it, that's how it got my name, dig it?
Do what David did and Saul didn't do
Now I've heard (I've heard)
He's fine (He's fine)
I've heard he's fine
Let me tell you one more time
1 Kings 15:5
because David did what was right in the sight of the Lord,
and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him
all the days of his life, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.
(1 Samuel 13:14, 1 Kings 15:5)
Everyone listen what I'm 'bout to speak, singin'
Do what David did and Saul didn't do
Saul was the king first but he stumbled in defeat, sinkin'
Do what David did and Saul didn't do
He looked good (looked good)
He looked fine (looked fine)
Yet he really lost his mind
Before I knew him Dave was watchin' Jesse's sheep, slingin'
Do what David did and Saul didn't do
Told them God's plan, "Jesse, that child's meant to be king and"
Do what David did and Saul didn't do
He knocked on (He knocked on)
Goliath's door (Goliath's door)
He knocked on Goliath's door
And helped Israel win the war
Oh whoa!
I knew he was valiant enough
Yes, I did, and so I told him, you're a king God can really love
Now read together nearly everything that they did and
Do what David did and Saul didn't do
'Cept for Bathsheba 'cause that was a mistake, sinning
Do what David did and Saul didn't do
Now I've heard (I've heard)
He's fine (He's fine)
I've heard he's fine
Let me tell you one more time
Oh whoa! I knew it was gonna be rough
Yes, I did, and so I told him, You'll be king, just believe and trust
Now read together First and Second Samuel's pages and
Do what David did and Saul didn't do
I'm in half of it, that's how it got my name, dig it?
Do what David did and Saul didn't do
Now I've heard (I've heard)
He's fine (He's fine)
I've heard he's fine
Let me tell you one more time
1 Kings 15:5
because David did what was right in the sight of the Lord,
and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him
all the days of his life, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.