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Troubles & trials are almost over

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About the Song

Print source: 
Collected Reprints from Sing Out magazine Vol 2

Needless to say there are many, many versions of this traditional African American spiritual. We (Annie Patterson & Peter Blood) have drawn heavily on Tim O'Brien's cover, but blues renditions like Rev. Gary Davis' version seem closer to the song's roots.