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Written by [traditional], also Greensleeves (John Coltrane), Milk Cow Blues (Aerosmith) and Banana Boat Song (Day‐O) (Harry Belafonte)
Released on Yazoo Records, also Got the Blues, Can’t Be Satisfied (Mississippi John Hurt), God Moves on the Water and Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
Part of Sweeter as the Years Go By, also I’m Gonna Run to the City of Refuge, The Soul of a Man and Trouble Will Soon Be Over
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
[traditional] wrote 2823 songs on fono, the 3rd most of any writer
[traditional] wrote 7 of Blind Willie Johnson’s top 10 songs
[traditional]’s most frequent co-writer is Johannes Brahms (29 songs together)
[traditional] first appears on fono in 1925, 41 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- [traditional]
- Performed by
- Blind Willie Johnson and Willie B. Harris
- Part of
- Sweeter as the Years Go By
- Released on
- Yazoo Records
- Written by
- [traditional]
- Performed by
- Blind Willie Johnson and Willie B. Harris
- Part of
- Sweeter as the Years Go By
- Released on
- Yazoo Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Yazoo Records
Same release: Sweeter as the Years Go By
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Yazoo Records
Same release: Sweeter as the Years Go By
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Yazoo Records
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying was performed by Blind Willie Johnson
Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying was performed by Blind Willie Johnson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying was performed by Willie B. Harris
Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying was performed by Willie B. Harris
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying was written by [traditional]
Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying was written by [traditional]
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4MusicBrainz Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying is part of the release Sweeter as the Years Go By
Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying is part of the release Sweeter as the Years Go By
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Yazoo Records is the label of the song Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying
Yazoo Records is the label of the song Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying was released on 1966
Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying was released on 1966
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026