SongEra: Jim Crow

Jesus Goin' to Make Up My Dyin' Bed

c. 1925(Approximate date)· Traditional (artist)

Artist
Traditional
Genre
spiritual

Traditional deathbed spiritual, part of the "In My Time of Dyin'" family, whose text is documented in print by 1925 — predating the common Blind Willie Johnson / Led Zeppelin authorship credits.

Sources & citations

  1. 1.folkways-media.si.eduwebsite
  2. 2.en.wikipedia.orgwikipedia
  3. 3.en.wikipedia.orgwikipedia