Trouble Will Soon Be Over

"Trouble Will Soon Be Over"
Single by Blind Willie Johnson
A-side The Rain Don't Fall on Me
Released 1930
Format 10" single
Recorded April 20, 1929; Atlanta, GA
Genre Gospel blues
Length 3:14
Label Columbia 14537-D
Blind Willie Johnson singles chronology
"John the Revelator" / "You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond" "The Rain Don't Fall on Me" / "Trouble Will Soon Be Over" "When the War Was On" / "Praise God I'm Satisfied"

"Trouble (in the Land) Will Soon Be Over" is a traditional gospel blues song recorded in 1929 by Blind Willie Johnson (voice and guitar) and Willie B. Harris (backing vocals), who is thought to have been his first wife.[1][2]

"Trouble" is this earthly life; the singer looks forward to a better, heavenly, one: "Trouble will soon be over, sorrow will have an end".

The singer reflects that God was a friend to the Biblical King David, and hopes for like treatment: "I'll gauge that the same God that David served will give me rest some day".

One verse includes the words "I'll take this yoke upon me". It alludes to the Biblical verse Matthew 11:30 "For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light". The yoke is in this instance a carrying pole, designed to assist people with heavy loads.

Recordings

References

  1. ↑ "Blind Willie Johnson discography". Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ Blakey, D. N. (August 8, 2007). "Chapter 34". Revelation: Blind Willie Johnson the Biography. Raleigh, NC: Lulu Enterprises. pp. 260–266. ISBN 978-1430328995. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ Blind Willie Johnson: Trouble Will Soon Be Over at AllMusic. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  4. ↑ Dorothy Love Coates: Trouble in the Land Will Soon Be Over at AllMusic. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  5. ↑ Chris Thomas King: Trouble Will Soon Be Over at AllMusic. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  6. ↑ God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson at AllMusic. Retrieved February 7, 2016.


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