Go with Me to That Land
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| type = single
| artist = Blind Willie Johnson
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| released = 1930
| recorded = Atlanta, Georgia, April 20, 1930
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| genre = Gospel blues
| length = {{duration|m=3|s=07}}
| label = Columbia (14597-D)
| writer = Unknown
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"Go with Me to That Land" or "Come and Go with Me (to That Land)" is a traditional gospel blues song recorded on April 20, 1930 by Blind Willie Johnson with backing vocals by Willie B. Harris, who may have been his first wife. It was released as a single on Columbia 14597-D, backed with "Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right".{{cite web |url=http://www.wirz.de/music/johbwfrm.htm |title=Blind Willie Johnson discography|website=Wirz.de |access-date=February 4, 2015 }}
Lyrics
The lyrics express a Christian believer's expectation of a better life after this mortal one. The chorus, in call-and-response format, runs:
{{poemquote|Come and go with me to that land (3×)
Where I'm bound}}
Recordings
The following recordings are by people with Wikipedia articles:
- 1930{{snd}}Blind Willie Johnson{{AllMusic |class=song |id=go-with-me-to-that-land-mt0004475864 |label=Blind Willie Johnson: Go With Me To That Land |access-date=February 4, 2015 }}
- 1960{{snd}}"Come and Go with Me to That Land" by Hally Wood on the album Hootenanny at Carnegie Hall {{cite web |url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/hally-wood/come-and-go-with-me-to-that-land/american-folk/music/track/smithsonian |title=Come and Go with Me to That Land |website=Smithsonian Folkways |access-date=February 4, 2015 }}
- 1965{{snd}}"Come and Go with Me" by Peter, Paul and Mary on the album A Song Will Rise {{AllMusic |class=album |id=a-song-will-rise-mw0000308909 |label= Peter, Paul and Mary: A Song Will Rise |access-date=February 4, 2015 }}
- 1972{{snd}}"Come and Go with Me to That Land" by Bernice Johnson Reagon on the album River of Life/Harmony: One{{nbsp}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=river-of-life-harmony-one-mw0000270328 |label= Bernice Johnson Reagon{{snd}}Folk Songs: The South |access-date=February 4, 2015 }}
- 1984{{snd}}"Come and Go with Me to That Land" by Rune Larsen on the album Flammen {{AllMusic |class=album |id=flammen-mw0002438600 |label=Rune Larsen: Flammen |accessdate=February 4, 2015 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rockipedia.no/utgivelser/flammen-11588/ |title=Flammen (1984)|website=Rockipedia.no |access-date=February 4, 2015 }}
- 1999{{snd}}"Come and Go with Me to That Land" by Jesse L. Martin in an episode of the TV series The X-Files called "The Unnatural"
- 2013{{snd}}"Freedom Suite: Oh Freedom/Come and Go with Me to That Land/I'm on My Way to Freedom Land/Glory, Glory Hallelujah" by Sweet Honey in the Rock on the album A Tribute: Live! Jazz at Lincoln Center {{AllMusic |class=album |id=a-tribute-live!-jazz-at-lincoln-center-mw0002475961 |label= Sweet Honey in the Rock: A Tribute: Live! Jazz at Lincoln Center |access-date=February 4, 2015 }}
References
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