His melancholy gravel throated humming of the guitar part creates the impression of unison moaning a melodic style common in baptist churches where instead of harmonizing a choir.
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Provided to youtube by legacy columbia dark was the night cold was the ground blind willie johnson the great depression american music in the 30 s 19.
Dark was the night and cold the ground on which the lord was laid.
Dark was the night borrows its structure from gethsemane an english hymn from the 18th century.
If we don t find a new start the end is nigh my friend dark was the night and cold was the ground oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh yeah cold was the ground.
Gethsemane was the garden where jesus prayed on the eve of his crucifixion and the song tells that story with lyrics.
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 photo around 1 30 is blind willie mctell not johnson.
In agony he prayed.
By most accounts johnson substituted a knife or penknife for the bottleneck.
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His sweat like drops of blood ran down.
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Lyrics to dark was the night cold was the ground by blind willie johnson.
Dark was the night and cold was the ground blue on one side black is on the other we all see red it s defining our color are we in a hurry to see what happens in the end.
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