"God Don't Never Change" is a gospel blues song recorded by

Blind Willie Johnson Blind Willie Johnson (January 25, 1897 – September 18, 1945) was an American gospel blues singer, guitarist and evangelist. His landmark recordings completed between 1927 and 1930—thirty songs in total—display a combination of powerful "ch ...

in 1929. The song is sometimes titled "God Don't Ever Change".

Lyrics

The verses include allusions to: * Psalm 114:4 "The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs". * Amen Corner, that part of a church where the most vocally devout worshipers congregate, as in the poem "

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". * The influenza pandemic of 191820. The topicality of that event suggests that Johnson wrote at least that verse. Unless and until an earlier version can be found, he can be credited with both the tune and the words.

Other recordings

* 1990

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and

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, on the album ''Trimmed and Burnin''. * 1991

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, on the album ''Fresh Catfish'' * 1996"God Don't Ever Change" by Cissy Houston on the album '' Face To Face * 1997

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, on the album ''Do What, Now?'' * 1999 Knut Reiersrud, on the album ''Sub'' * 2002

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, on the album ''Letter to the Editor'' * 2009 Ashley Cleveland, on the album ''God Don't Never Change'' * 2009 The Radiators, on the album ''10/09/09 New Orleans, LA Tipitinas'' * 2014 Levon Helm Band, on the album ''The Midnight Ramble Sessions, Vol. 3'' * 2016 Lucinda Williams, on the various artists' album '' God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson''

References

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