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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), Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying and God Moves on the Water
Part of Sweeter as the Years Go By, also Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying, I’m Gonna Run to the City of Refuge 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, 66 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 release: Sweeter as the Years Go By
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Yazoo Records
Same release: Sweeter as the Years Go By
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Soul of a Man was performed by Blind Willie Johnson
The Soul of a Man was performed by Blind Willie Johnson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The Soul of a Man was performed by Willie B. Harris
The Soul of a Man was performed by Willie B. Harris
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The Soul of a Man was written by [traditional]
The Soul of a Man was written by [traditional]
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz The Soul of a Man is part of the release Sweeter as the Years Go By
The Soul of a Man 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 The Soul of a Man
Yazoo Records is the label of the song The Soul of a Man
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz The Soul of a Man was released on 1991-12-11
The Soul of a Man was released on 1991-12-11
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026