Little Talk with Jesus, A

DESCRIPTION: Chorus: ("A little talk with Jesus makes it right, all right"(2x) "Troubles of every kind, Thank God I'll always find, I little talk with Jesus makes it right all right.") See Notes for comments on verses
AUTHOR: Original by Mary Magdalene Garland (source: hymnary.org), but traditinal versions rarely resemble this very closely
EARLIEST DATE: 1928 (StuffDreams1)
KEYWORDS: ordeal nonballad religious Devil Jesus
FOUND IN: US(MW,So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
MidwestFolklore, Gertruude Prokosch Kurath, "Syncopated Therapy," Volume 1, Number 3 (Fall 1951), pp. 185, "Congregation Hymn (I Once Was Lost in Sin)" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: John W. Work, _American Negro Songs_, (Mineola: Dover Publications, 1998 (repub of New York: Crown Publishers, 1940)), pp. 78-79, "A Little Talk With Jesus" (first version) (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #20886 and 18346
RECORDINGS:
Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers, "A Little Talk with Jesus" (on StuffDreams1)
NOTES [39 words]: Verses: the singer is "a sinner lost" until Jesus said "Come here I am the way"; no matter what the trouble, "Jesus is our friend, He'll keep us to the end"; Satan fights to hold us back but "A little talk with Jesus makes it right." - BS
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