This Little Light of Mine African American Spiritual* This little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. Everywhere I go I'm gonna let it shine Everywhere I go I'm gonna let it shine Everywhere I go I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *The spirituals originated during the time of slavery. This Little Light of Mine became one of the themes of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.