“Soon One Morning”

Description

"Soon one morning death come creepin' in my room (x3) Oh my Lord, oh my Lord, what shall I do to be saved?... Death done been here, took my mother and gone... I'm so glad I got religion in time."

Notes

Without a source for "You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond" I don't remember the lyrics well enough to know if it's the same song as "Soon One Morning," but I THINK it is. -PJS

Recordings

  • Delta Big Four, "I Know My Time Ain't Long" (Paramount 12948, 1930; on VocalQ2)
  • Golden Gate Quartet, "Hush" (Columbia 30136, 1948)
  • Blind Willie Johnson, "You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond" (Columbia 14530-D, 1930)
  • Rev. Willie Gresham & congregation, "Soon, One Mornin'" (on FolkVisions1)
  • Fred McDowell, "Soon One Mornin'" (on LomaxCD1703)
  • Wiseman Sextet, "Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name" (Paramount 12077, 1924)

References

  1. Lomax-FSUSA 103, "Soon One Morning" (1 text, 1 tune)
  2. DT, DETHCREP*
  3. Roud #10069
  4. BI, LxU103

About

Alternate titles: “Hush”
Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1917
Keywords: religious nonballad
Found in: US(SE)