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Dark was the night, and cold the ground On which the Lord was laid; His sweat like drops of blood ran down; In agony he prayed. The hymn endured, eventually finding its way to America. In time, and often with great permutations to its lyrics, the song would eventually find itself printed in hymnals published throughout the 1800’s and into the ...
Jun 20, 2023 · Dark was the night, and cold the ground. On which the Lord was laid; His sweat like drops of blood ran down; In agony he prayed. Explicitly in that hymn and implicitly in Johnson’s rendering ...
May 2, 2022 · Provided to YouTube by Amuseio ABDark was the night, cold was the ground (2022 Remastered Version) · Blind Willie JohnsonDark was the night, cold was the gro...
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Apr 29, 2024 · “Dark Was The Night – Cold Was The Ground” has gone beyond just being a musical piece. It has become a heritage that symbolizes the African American history of struggle and triumph. In 1977, it was included on the Voyager Golden Record that NASA sent into space in the hope of communicating with extra-terrestrial beings.
Harold Courlander, “Negro Folk Music U.S.A.”. The title for “Dark was the Night” originated in the form of an 18th century hymn written by the English physician and clergyman Thomas Haweis, under the title “Gethsemane.”. It recalled the night before the Crucifixion when Jesus prayed at the foot of the Mount of Olives and where His ...
Feb 24, 2010 · "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground"[note 1] is a gospel-blues song written and performed by Blind Willie Johnson and recorded probably in 1927. The song is primarily an instrumental featuring Johnson's self-taught bottleneck slide guitar and picking style accompanied by his vocalizations of humming and moaning.
Feb 26, 2016 · If you really want to hear the blues, boiled down to its absolute essence, listen to Blind Willie Johnson’s “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground.” Sluggish, raw and covered in static, the 1927 recording opens with Blind Willie bending and plucking the strings on his self-taught bottleneck slide guitar.
