sentences:  It is sometimes included in Christian children's song books.Odetta and the Boys Choir of Harlem performed the song on the "Late Show with David Letterman" on September 17, 2001, on the first show after Letterman resumed broadcasting, after having been off the air for several nights following the events of 9/11.The song featured on Hoyt Axton's 1963 album Thunder 'N Lightnin' named "This Little Light".