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C o n t r i b u t e
● H e l p ● L e a r n t o e d i t ● C o m m u n i t y p o r t a l ● R e c e n t c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e
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P e r s o n a l t o o l s
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P a g e s f o r l o g g e d o u t e d i t o r s l e a r n m o r e ● C o n t r i b u t i o n s ● T a l k
( T o p )
1 L y r i c s
2 R e c o r d i n g s
3 S e e a l s o
4 R e f e r e n c e s
T o g g l e t h e t a b l e o f c o n t e n t s
K e e p Y o u r L a m p T r i m m e d a n d B u r n i n g
A d d l a n g u a g e s
A d d l i n k s
● A r t i c l e ● T a l k
E n g l i s h
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
T o o l s
T o o l s
A c t i o n s
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
G e n e r a l
● W h a t l i n k s h e r e ● R e l a t e d c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e ● S p e c i a l p a g e s ● P e r m a n e n t l i n k ● P a g e i n f o r m a t i o n ● C i t e t h i s p a g e ● G e t s h o r t e n e d U R L ● D o w n l o a d Q R c o d e ● W i k i d a t a i t e m
P r i n t / e x p o r t
● D o w n l o a d a s P D F ● P r i n t a b l e v e r s i o n
A p p e a r a n c e
F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
The song has been attributed to Blind Willie Johnson , who recorded it in 1928; to Reverend Gary Davis , who recorded it in 1956; and to Mississippi Fred McDowell , who recorded it in 1959.
The song has been included in several hymnals .[1]
The song is in call-and-response format. As is common with traditional songs, lyrics vary between performers – in this instance, often very widely. A usual first verse is:
Keep your lamp(s ) trimmed and burning,
"The world" and "the time" relate to the apocalyptic prophecies of the New Testament . "The work" can do so also, but suggests that the song may derive from an African-American work song .[citation needed
Recordings [ edit ]
Blind Willie Johnson's 1928 recording of the song
Recordings by people with Wikipedia articles include:
1928 – Blind Willie Johnson [2]
1956 – Reverend Gary Davis [3]
1959 – Mississippi Fred McDowell [4]
1967 – Skip James [5]
1970 – Hot Tuna , on the album Hot Tuna
1970 – Wizz Jones , on the album The Legendary Me
1971 – Hot Tuna , on the album First Pull Up, Then Pull Down [6]
1975 – Pearly Brown , on the album It's a Mean Old World to Try to Live In
1975 – John Fahey and his Orchestra, on the album Old Fashioned Love
1978 – Hot Tuna, on the album Double Dose
1984 – Hot Tuna, on the album Splashdown
1986 – Hot Rize , on the album Traditional Ties
1990 – Kaiser /Mansfield , on the 1990 album Trimmed & Burnin' [7]
1993 – Wizz Jones, on the album Late Nights and Long Days
1995 – Corey Harris , on the album Between Midnight and Day
1996 – Hot Rize, on the 2002 album So Long of a Journey: Live at the Bouder Theater [8]
2001 – The Word , on the album The Word
2002 – Andrew Bird , on the album Fingerlings
2008 – The 77s , on the album Holy Ghost Building
2008 – Catfish Keith , on the album Live at the Half Moon
2011 – Catfish Keith, on the album A True Friend is Hard To Hard: A Gospel Retrospective
2013 – Luke Winslow-King on the album The Coming Tide
2013 – Marisa Anderson on the album Traditional and Public Domain Songs
2015 – Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, on the album Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams
2016 – Hugh and Katy Moffatt , on the album Now and Then
2016 – Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi , on the album God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
2016 – Red Molly , on the album Love and Other Tragedies
2023 – Nefesh Mountain
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Gospel, Blues and Street Songs at AllMusic . Retrieved January 28, 2015.
^ Downhome Blues 1959 at AllMusic . Retrieved January 2015.
^ Studio Sessions: Rare and Unreleased at AllMusic . Retrieved January 28, 2015.
^ First Pull Up, Then Pull Down at AllMusic . Retrieved January 28, 2015.
^ Trimmed & Burnin at AllMusic . Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ So Long of a Journey: Live at the Bouder Theater at AllMusic . Retrieved January 2015.
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