Shall Simon Bear the Cross Alone, and Other Saints Be Free

Lyrics written by: Thomas Shepherd
Language: English
Comments: Poem dating back to 1693.
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Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone written by George Nelson Allen English

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Shine on Me	Wiseman Sextet	1923	First release
Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?	Rev. S.J. Worell "Steamboat Bill"	1927
Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone	The Dixie Four	1948
Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone	Wesley and Marilyn Tuttle	1958
Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone	The Jordanaires featuring Ray Walker	April 1961
Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone	The Soul Stirrers	1961
Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone	Jack Holcomb	1964
Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone	The Imperials [US2]	1964
Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone	Clarence Fountain	1971
Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone	Moses Rascoe	1987	Live

Precious Lord, Take My Hand written by Thomas A. Dorsey English

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Heavenly Gospel Singers	1937	First release
Precious Lord	Charles Beck (The Singing Evangelist)	1937	Unverified
Precious Lord, Hold My Hand	Alphabetical Four	1938
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Selah Jubilee Singers	1939
Precious Lord	Brother George and His Sanctified Singe… (Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry, Bull City Red)	August 1940
Precious Lord Hold My Hand	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	1942
Precious Lord	The Five Soul Stirrers	1943
Precious Lord	Kings of Harmony of Alabama	1945
Precious Lord	Gospel Keys - Emma Daniels, Mother Sall…	1947
Precious Lord	Camp Meetin' Choir	February 1948
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Blackwood Brothers Quartet	1948
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Ben Glanzer	August 1949
Precious Lord	Floyd Dixon Trio	December 1949
Precious Lord	Spiritual Five	1949
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Jimmie Davis with The Anita Kerr Singers	May 1951
Precious Lord	Brother Joe May	December 1951
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy	January 1952
Take My Hand Precious Lord	"Little" Jimmy Dickens	January 1953
Precious Lord	Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama	1953
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Kay Armen	1955
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Jewell Gospel Trio	1955	Unverified
Precious Lord	Mahalia Jackson and The Falls-Jones Ens…	1956
Precious Lord	Aretha Franklin	1956
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Tennessee Ernie Ford	April 1, 1957
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires	April 11, 1957
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Jimmy Dean	September 1957
Take My Hand Precious Lord	The Amburgy Sisters	1957
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Helen McAlerney Barth	1957
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Jimmy Wakely	January 24, 1958
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Roy Acuff	1958
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	George Lewis [US1]	1958
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Rose Maddox	1958
Just Take My Hand Precious Lord	Fern Jones	October 1959
Precious Lord	B.B. King	1959
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Gale Storm	1959
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Merle Travis	May 1960
Precious Lord	Brother John Sellers	June 1960
Precious Lord	Little Richard	1960
Take My Hand Precious Lord	The Rangers [US2]	1961
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Roy Rogers and Dale Evans - Orchestra a…	May 1962
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Jim Reeves	June 1962
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Jimmie Logsdon	1962
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Stringbean and His Banjo	January 1963
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Golden Gate Quartet	March 16, 1964
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Larry Cunningham and The Mighty Avons	November 1964
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Jailbird Singers	1964
Precious Lord	Cisco Houston	1964
Take My Hand Precious Lord	The Staple Singers	August 1965	Live
Take My Hand Precious Lord	The Stanley Brothers	1965
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Wayne Newton	September 1966
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Virginia Lee	1966
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Kate Smith - Arranged and conducted by …	March 1967
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Cliff Richard	October 21, 1967
Precious Lord	Jimmy Durante	1967
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Nina Simone	October 1968
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Andraé Crouch & The Disciples	1968
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Marion Williams [US]	1968	Unverified
Just a Closer Walk with Thee	Joan Baez	May 1969
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	J.D. Sumner	1969
We Shall Overcome - Precious Lord, Take…	Johnny Nash	1969	Medley
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Mocedades	1969
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Jim Nabors	June 1970
Precious Lord, Lead Me On	Sister Gertrude Morgan	1970	Unverified
Precious Memories - In the Garden - Tak…	Floyd Cramer	April 1971	Medley
Medley: a. Take My Hand, Precious Lord…	Merle Haggard & The Carter Family	November 8, 1971	Live Medley
Precious Lord	Stoneground	December 1971
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Con Archer	1971
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Bill Anderson and Jan Howard	March 28, 1972
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Andy Griffith	1972
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Victor Wood	1972
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Dallas Holm	1972
Precious Lord	Clarence Fountain	1972	Unverified
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Pat Boone	1972	Unverified
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Marion Williams, Thomas A. Dorsey	May 1973	Unverified
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Buddy Terry	1973
Take My Hand (Precious Lord)	Link Wray	1973
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Ike & Tina Turner	April 1974
Precious Lord	Bob Wallis Storyville Jazzmen	1974	Live
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Eva Olmerová & The Traditional Jazz Stu…	1974
Precious Lord Take My Hand	Dejan's Olympia Brass Band	1974
Precious Lord	Ken Colyer's Jazzmen	1974
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Chris Barber with Alex Bradford	1975	Live
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Brother's Quartet	1975
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Cliff Waldron	1976
Precious Lord	Jazz I.G.	1976
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Candi Staton	1978
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Fried Potatoes	1978
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Ernie Smith	1978
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Tom Netherton	1979
Precious Lord	The Climax Jazz Band	1979
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Ytre Suløens Jass Ensemble & SKRUK	April 1, 1981
Precious Lord	Paul Martin [US2]	1981
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	B.J. Thomas	1982
Precious Lord	Al Green	1982
Precious Lord	Linda Hopkins	1983
The Night Watch / Take My Hand Precious…	Freddy Casby	1983	Medley
Precious Lord	Louis Nelson & La Vida Jazz Band	1983
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	The Real Ale and Thunder Band	1983
Precious Lord	Jimmy Mazzy	1984
Precious Lord	The Sensation Jazzband	1984
Precious Lord	Malou Berg	1984
Precious Lord	Ellyna Tatum with the La Vida Jazzband	1984
Precious Lord	Lillian Boutté and Her Music Friends	1985
Precious Lord	Rosa Maria	1985
Precious Lord, Take My Hand / What Coul…	Cheryl Stephens with The Desert City Six	1985	Medley
Precious Lord	Jack Scott	1986	Released more than 10 years after its recording
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Crystal Lewis	1987	Unverified
Precious Lord	Preservation Hall Jazz Band	1988
Precious Lord	Doc Watson	September 25, 1990
Precious Lord	James Baldwin - David Linx - Pierre Van…	November 1990
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Les Bull's Festival Jazz Band	1990	Live
God Leads Us Along / Precious Lord	The Bill Gaither Trio	1990	Medley
Precious Lord	Carol Leigh & The Dumoustier Stompers	1991
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Lucky Peterson	1992
Precious Lord	Charlestown Jazzband	1992
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Ray Price	November 16, 1993
Precious Lord	The Harlem Gospel Singers feat. Queen E…	1994
Take My Hand Precious Lord	The Sammy Rimington Band with Thais Cla…	1994	Live
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Golden City Jazz Band	1994
Precious Lord (A Tribute to Dr. Martin …	Vickie Winans	1994	Unverified
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Norbert Detaeye	1995
In the Garden - Precious Lord, Take My …	Andy Griffith	1995	Medley
Precious Lord Take My Hand	Lee Gunness and the Eclipse Alley Heave…	1995
Precious Lord	Bluiett's Barbeque Band	1996
Precious Lord Take My Hand	Mavis Staples and Lucky Peterson	1996
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Eilert Pilarm	1996
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	The Jordanaires	October 28, 1997
Precious Lord (Take My Hand)	Phalanx	1997	A cappella Live
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	The South Jazzband	1997
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Ladysmith Black Mambazo	1997	Unverified
Precious Lord	Gladys Knight	1998
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Crystal Hogan	1998
Precious Lord, Take My Hand - Just a Cl…	Selah	1998	Medley
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Helena*	1998	Unverified
Precious Lord Take My Hand	Doc and Richard Watson	April 20, 1999
Precious Lord Take My Hand	Merle Haggard	1999
Precious Lord	Davell Crawford	1999
Precious Lord	Temptation Jazz Band	1999
Precious Lord	New Orleans Delight	1999	Live
Precious Lord	Tuxedo Jazz Band [SE]	1999
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Sheila Collier	1999
Precious Lord	The Jim Wilkes Stompers	2001
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	The Charlie Daniels Band	January 29, 2002
Precious Lord	P.J. Proby	2002
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Red Beans 'n' Rice New Orleans Revivali…	2002
Precious Lord Take My Hand	Gentlemen of Jazz featuring Brian Carri…	2002
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Engelbert Humperdinck	2003
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles	2003
Precious Lord	Raymond Myles	2003
Precious Lord Take My Hand	Jensens New Orleans Jazz Serenaders fea…	2003	Live
Precious Lord	Leon Hunt and Josh Clark feat. Pat Purc…	October 2004
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Katy Taylor	2004
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Tom Kennerk	2004
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Randy Travis	October 25, 2005
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Alan Ladd	2005
Take My Hand, Precious Lord - Just a Cl…	Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecom…	2005	Medley
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Faith Hill	2005	Live
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Etta james, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan and Guests	2005	Unverified
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Groove for Thought	August 8, 2006
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Lena Maria	September 1, 2006
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Charley Pride	November 7, 2006
Precious Lord	Robert Johnson [US2]	2006	Released more than 10 years after its recording
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Brian Trainor and Friends	2006
Precious Lord	Bobby Solo Jazz Trio	2006
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Kelly Price	2006	Unverified
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Beau Williams	2006	Unverified
Precious Lord	Meta4	2007
Precious Lord Lead Me On	Gösta Linderholm & The Trad Brothers	2007
Precious Lord	New Orleans Delight featuring Marilyn K…	2007
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Mike Farris	2007	Unverified
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Hank Williams	August 10, 2008	Released more than 10 years after its recording
Precious Lord Take My Hand	Kent Lundberg EP-Band & Quartet	2008
Precious Lord	Jools Holland, Ruby Turner	2008
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Nathan Stanley & Ralph Stanley	2008
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Ruby Turner	September 2009
Precious Lord	Heart of England Jazz Band	2009
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	The Hit Co.	May 25, 2010
Take My Hand, Precious	Mahalia Jackson	September 28, 2010
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Jessica Lee & Anthony Janflone	October 11, 2010
Precious Lord Take My Hand	Rayburn Anthony	2010
Precious Lord	Lisa Otey	2010
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Second Line Jazzband	2010
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Teddy Rune	2011
Precious Lord	Ray Ellis [country]	2011
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Don Byron New Gospel Quintet	February 21, 2012
Precious Lord	Rhenda Fearrington	July 2012
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Lulu Roman	2013
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Doc Watson & David Grisman	2013	Live Released more than 10 years after its recording
Precious Lord Take My Hand	Oslo Gospel Choir & Friends	November 2014
Precious Lord	Mahalia Jackson Tribute	2014	Live
Precious Lord	Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters	July 17, 2015
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Peter Kent [DK]	2015
Precious Lord	Jack Mclaughlin's Frenchmen Street Jazz…	2015	Live
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Joey + Rory	February 12, 2016
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	John Long	May 20, 2016
Precious Lord	Doug Briney	2016
Precious Lord	Mary Griffin	2016	Unverified
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Chris Rupp feat. Jennifer Waris and Ell…	March 17, 2017	A cappella
(Take My Hand) Precious Lord	Dee Dee Bridgewater	September 15, 2017
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Elvis Presley and The Royal Philharmoni…	November 24, 2017
Take My Hand Precious Lord	Tutti Baê & Liliana Bollos	September 5, 2019
Take My Hand, Oh Precious Lord	Mica Paris with Jools Holland - Soul Sa…	November 6, 2020
Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Jennifer Hudson	August 13, 2021

Precious Lord, Take My Hand written by Thomas A. Dorsey instrumental

	Title	Performer	Release date	Info
i	Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Chet Atkins	October 1962
i	Take My Hand Precious Lord	Don Shirley	1962
i	Precious Lord, Lead Me On	Easy Riders Jazz Band	1964
i	Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Mr. Pflugers Jazz-Band	1965
i	Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Chris Barber Band	1968
i	Precious Lord	The Fortified Few	1974
i	Precious Lord, Take My Hand	The Harlem Ramblers [CH]	1974
i	Precious Lord	Vernard Johnson	1974
i	Precious Lord	Magnolia Jazz Band [US]	1978
i	Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Ytre Sulöen – Norwegian Jazz Band	1978	Live
i	Precious Lord	Monty Sunshine's Jazzband	1982
i	Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Kid Bastien's Happy Pals	1984
i	Precious Lord	Hank Crawford	1985
i	Precious Lord, Take My Hand	George Adams	1989
i	Precious Lord	Russell Malone	1992
i	Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Larry Willis	1993
i	Precious Lord, Take My Hand, Lead Me On	Chris Barber with Zenith Hot Stompers	1993
i	Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Colin Linden	1995
i	Precious Lord	Rod Mason and His Hot Five	1997
i	Take My Hand Precious Lord	Sunset Café Stompers	1999	Live
i	Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Yayu Khoe	August 2000
i	Take My Hand Precious Lord	Gregory Tardy	2000
i	Precious Lord Take My Hand	Wycliffe Gordon & Eric Reed ‎	2002
i	Precious Lord Lead Me On	Midlife Revival Jazzband	2002
i	Take My Hand, Precious Lord	River Street Jazzband Aarau	2002
i	Precious Lord	Cyrus Chestnut	2003
i	Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Jo-El Sonnier	2003
i	Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Jim Gibson	2003
i	Precious Lord Take My Hand	The Wabash Jazzmen	2003
i	Precious Lord	Gota River Jazzmen	2003	Live
i	Medley - Softly and Tenderly / Precious…	Jim McDonough	2007
i	Precious Lord, Take My Hand / Just a Cl…	Piano Tribute Players	April 1, 2008
i	Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Bells of the Lakes	July 15, 2011
i	Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Charlie Haden, Hank Jones	2011
i	Precious Lord	Lauren Sheehan	April 1, 2013
i	Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Alex Belhaj's Crescent City Quartet	2013
i	Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Kjeld Lauritsen	2013
i	Take My Hand Precious Lord	The 14 Jazz Orchestra	2015
i	Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Don Anderson	September 2017
i	Precious Lord	Ernest Turner	2019

Red River Cargo written by Alan Wilder English Maitland

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Red River Cargo	Recoil	October 27, 1997	First release

Någonstans finns en dal written by Börje Carlsson Swedish

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Någonstans finns en dal	Johnny Öst	1975	First release

Herre kär tag min hand written by Einar Waermö Swedish

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Herre kär tag min hand	Carina	1977
		Herre kär tag min hand	Mia Marianne & Per Filip	1987

Let Your Light Shine on Me written by Blind Willie Johnson English

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Let Your Light Shine on Me	Blind Willie Johnson	1930
Shine on Me	Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers	1934
Light from the Lighthouse	Lonnie Donegan and His Skiffle Group	1958
The Light from the Lighthouse	The Seekers	1963
The Light from the Lighthouse Shine on …	Sveriges Jazzband	1972
Let Your Light Shine	Knut Reiersrud	October 5, 1993
Let It Shine on Me	Have Mercy	1993
Let Your Light Shine	Norbert Detaeye	1995
Let Your Light Shine on Me	The Lonesome Sisters	2004
Let Your Light Shine on Me	Danny Barnes	August 2, 2005
Let Your Light Shine on Me	R. Kelly	2005	Live
Shine on Me	Nick Cave	October 24, 2006	Live
Let Your Light Shine	The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band	2007
Let Your Light Shine on Me	South Memphis String Band	2009
Light from the Lighthouse	Charlie Parr and The Black Twig Pickers	December 10, 2010
Shine on Me	The Hokum Steamers	2012
Let It Shine on Me	Kacy & Clayton	December 3, 2013
Let Your Light Shine on Me	Maria McKee	February 26, 2016

Let Your Light Shine on Me written by Blind Willie Johnson instrumental

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
	i	Let Your Light Shine on Me	Sam Moss	January 4, 2011

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