Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying

"Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying" is a traditional gospel blues song recorded in 1928 by Blind Willie Johnson (vocals and guitar) and Willie B. Harris (vocals), who is thought to have been his first wife.^[1] Some versions of the song recorded by other artists have slightly different titles: for example, a comma after "Lord"; or, "Cryin'" instead of "Crying"; or, an appended "Sometime" or "Sometimes".

"Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying"
Single by Blind Willie Johnson
Released	June 29, 1929 (1929-06-29)
Recorded	Dallas, Texas, December 5, 1928
Genre	Gospel blues
Length	3:04
Label	Columbia Vocalion
Songwriter(s)	Unknown

Recordings

• 1926–27 – Rev. H. R. Tomlin ^[2][3]
• 1966 – The Blues Project, on the album Projections, titled "I Can't Keep from Crying"
• 1967 – Brother Joe May, on the album Thank You Lord for One More Day ^[4]
• 1994 or before – Laura Henton ^[5][6]
• 1997 or before – Golden Gate Quartet^[7]
• 1998 – Phoebe Snow, on the album I Can't Complain^[8]
• 2004 or before – Bessie Johnson Sanctified Singers, on the compilation album Goodbye, Babylon ^[9]
• 2011 – The Barr Brothers, on the album The Barr Brothers^[10]
• 2011 – Colin Stetson, on the album New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges^[11]
• 2011 – Dave "Snaker" Ray, on the album My Blue Heaven^[12]