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 and Willie B. Harris, who is thought to have been his first wife. 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".

Recordings

192627 – Rev. H. R. Tomlin
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
1994 or before – Laura Henton
1997 or before – Golden Gate Quartet
1998 – Phoebe Snow, on the album I Can't Complain
2004 or before – Bessie Johnson Sanctified Singers, on the compilation album Goodbye, Babylon
2011 – The Barr Brothers, on the album The Barr Brothers
2011 – Colin Stetson, on the album New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
2011 – Dave "Snaker" Ray, on the album ''My Blue Heaven''