So Soon in the Morning

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"So Soon in the Morning" is a traditional religious song performed in 1959 by Joan Baez and Bill Wood onFolksingers 'Round Harvard Square.{{Cite book |last=Fuss |first=Charles J. |url=https://archive.org/details/joanbaezbiobibli0000fuss/page/4/mode/2up?q=%22so+soon+in+the+morning%22 |title=Joan Baez: A Bio-Bibliography |date=1996 |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=0313284636 |location=Westport, Connecticut |pages=4}} The duo sung it in a fast gospel tempo. The lyrics contain lines from a 19th-century hymn, "I heard the voice of Jesus say", written in 1846 by Horatius Bonar:

I heard the voice of Jesus say, “Come unto Me and rest;
Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon My breast.”

as well as a stanza from "Father, I stretch my hands to thee", a hymn by Charles Wesley:

Father, I stretch my hands to thee, no other help I know;
If thou withdraw thyself from me, ah! whither shall I go?

altering the words to

O Lord, I stretch my hand to thee, no other help I know;
If thou withdraw thy hand from me, wherever shall I go?