Eight Gospel Versions Of "Soon I Will Be Done (With The Troubles Of The World"

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancococojams series on the African American religious song "Soon I Will Be Done" (with the troubles of the world").

This post showcases eight YouTube Gospel renditions of "Soon I Will Be Done" (also given as "Trouble Of The World").

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/09/early-published-versions-of-african.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. Part I provides information about the early publication history of the Spiritual which is now known as "Soon I Will Be Done" (with the trouble of the world). Some text only examples of these early versions or for related early Spirituals are also included in this post. These comments and most of these lyric examples are quoted from a discussion thread for the Mudcat folk music forum.

The content of this post is presented for religious, cultural, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the unknown composers of "Soon I Will Be Done" (With The Troubles Of The World). Thanks to all the early collectors and publishers of "Soon I Will Be Done" and other Spirituals and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to all those who are featured in these YouTube examples and thanks to the publishers of these examples on YouTube.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
"Soon I Will Be Done" [with the trouble of the world] is a traditional African American Spiritual whose composer/s is/are unknown. The earliest published date for a version of "Soon I Will Be Done" is 1907.

These embedded sound files and videos are examples of what I call "Gospelized Spirituals". "Gospelized Spirituals are they are examples of a traditional African American Spirituals that are sung in different African American Gospel styles.

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SHOWCASE YOUTUBE EXAMPLES
Example #1: Morning Star Mass Choir - Soon I Will Be Done With The Troubles Of The World



Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church of Shreveport, La

Early 90s, Mar 22, 2007

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Example #2: Trouble of This World - Abbot Kinney Lighthouse Choir



Leif Glöckner, May 15, 2009

Do filme "Matadores de Velhinhas".

Ótimo louvor Gospel.

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Example #3: Maella Spires- Troubles of The World



TheTowodisharpe, Mar 18, 2010

Maella Spires, of the Selah Gospel Singers, sings the soul stirring classic Troubles of the World at the Christian Tabernacle Church in Washington D.C. Mahalia would have been proud.

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Example #4: Rev.James Cleveland- Soon I Will Be Done



King Brian, Feb 27, 2011

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Example #5: Mahalia Jackson-Trouble Of The World



Walter Robinson Oct 25, 2011

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Example #6: "Soon I Will Be Done" (1979) Betty Perkins



Gospel Nostalgia, Apr 10, 2012

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Example #7: Made New - "Soon I Will Be Done"



Troy Marables, Jan 20, 2014
City of Jeffersonville 2014 MLK Celebration

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Example #8: Soon I'll Be Done With The Troubles Of The World - The Five Blind Boys



Tony Lamar, Apr 24, 2016

The Original Five Blind Boys of Mississippi
Album: "I'll Go"
Track 10

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This concludes Part II of this two part pancocojams series on "Soon I Will Be Done".

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