All My Trials

Words and Music by : Rita Greene and C. C. Carter

Recording #1 by Harry Belafonte:
Recording date: 1958
Playing time: 4:32
LP : LPM-1927, RCA8023, ACL1-0502

Recording #2 by Harry Belafonte:
Recording date: April 19-20, 1959
Playing time: 3:52
45: SCP-1069, 6006-45,
LP: LSO-6006, CPL1-2489,
Tape: FTO6000, O8S-5002, OQ8-5002
CD: CD-6006-2-R, R30P-1001/2, 74321-26049-2, 74321-33948-2, 07863-52469-2, B93001, CD12505, 1130-15250-2,

Also recorded by:
Glenn Yarbrough EKL135 , CCM-267
Joan Baez  
Kingston Trio Capitol
Nana Mouskouri  Philips 848108-2
Odetta  RCA LSP2643
Pete Seeger  
The Seekers 8146392  
Tarriers Folk Era FE1456CD
Walter Raim LRP3332

Lyrics:

Hush little baby, don't you cry,
You know your mother was born to die
All my trials, lord, soon be over
Too late my brothers, too late
But never mind
All my trials lord, soon be over

The river of Jordan is chilly and cold
It chills the body but it warms the soul,
All my trials lord, soon be over

I've got a little book with pages three,
And every page spells liberty,
All my trials lord, soon be over
Too late my brothers, too late
But never mind
All my trials lord, soon be over

If living were a thing that money could buy,
You know the rich would live
and the poor would die,
All my trials lord, soon be over

There grows a tree in Paradise,
The christians call it the tree of life,
All my trials Lord, soon be over
Too late my brothers, too late
But never mind
All my trials lord, soon be over