About He’s Got the Whole World#
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands is an African American spiritual that first appeared in print in the 1920s and has been a fixture of gospel singing and Sunday schools ever since. Its strength is repetition: the same short phrase returns with only its ending swapped, which is why young children pick it up so fast, and singers have long added their own verses naming whoever they want held safe.
On the six-hole ocarina the melody stays in a comfortable band from E up to high C. Because so many phrases repeat, you spend more time on feel and less on hunting for new fingerings.
He’s Got the Whole World Ocarina Tab#
| BHe's | Bgot | Gthe | Bwhole | Gwor | E-ld | Bin | Chis | Bhands |
| BHe's | Bgot | Gthe | Awhole | Fwide | Dworld | Bin | Chis | Bhands |
| BHe's | Bgot | Gthe | Bwhole | Gwor | E-ld | Bin | Chis | Bhands |
| BHe's | Bgot | Gthe | Bwhole | Bworld | Ain | Fhis | Ehands |