Soon I Will Be Done

DESCRIPTION: "Soon I will be done with the troubles of the world... Goin' home to God." "I want to meet my mother...." "I want to see my Jesus...." "No more weepin' and wailin'...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute, p. 234, "Soon I Will Be Done" (1 text, 1 tune)
Work-FolkSongOfTheAmericanNegro, p. 56, "Soon-a-will Be Done-a-with Troubles of the World" (1 text)
Lomax-FolkSongsOfNorthAmerica 244, "Soon I Will Be Done" (1 text, 1 tune)
Killion/Waller-ATreasuryOfGeorgiaFolklore, pp. 238-239, "I'll Soon Be Done With the Troubles of the World" (1 text)
Roud #11954
RECORDINGS:
James Cleveland and the New Jersey Mass Choir of the Gospel Music Workshop, "Soon I Will Be Done With the Troubles of the World" (on "Soon I Will Be Done With the Troubles of the World," Savoy Records SL-14709 LP (1983))
Mahalia Jackson, "Trouble of the World" (on "The Best of Mahalia Jackson," Legacy CK 66911 CD (1995))
Dennis Wiley, ("Soon I Will Be Done With the Troubles of This World") (on McIntoshShouters-RingShoutPresentation)
NOTES [19 words]: The McIntoshShouters-RingShoutPresentation video and Mahalia Jackson recording illustrate melisma in Black hymns. - BS
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