"Go with Me to That Land" or "Come and Go with Me (to That Land)" is a traditional

gospel blues Gospel blues (or holy blues) is a form of blues-based gospel music that has been around since the inception of blues music. It combines evangelistic lyrics with blues instrumentation, often blues guitar accompaniment. According to musician and ...

song recorded on April 20, 1930 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 ...

with backing vocals by Willie B. Harris, who may have been his first wife. It was released as a single on Columbia 14597-D, backed with "

Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right "Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right" is a gospel blues song recorded in 1930 by Blind Willie Johnson with backing vocals by Willie B. Harris, who may have been his first wife. The song was released in 1930 on Columbia 14597 as B-side to ...

Lyrics

The lyrics express a Christian believer's expectation of a better life after this mortal one. The chorus, in

call-and-response Call and response is a form of interaction between a speaker and an audience in which the speaker's statements ("calls") are punctuated by responses from the listeners. This form is also used in music, where it falls under the general category of ...

format, runs:

Recordings

The following recordings are by people with Wikipedia articles: * 1930

* 1960"Come and Go with Me to That Land" by Hally Wood on the album ''Hootenanny at Carnegie Hall'' * 1965"Come and Go with Me" by

Peter, Paul and Mary Peter, Paul and Mary was an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961 during the American folk music revival phenomenon. The trio consisted of tenor Peter Yarrow, baritone Paul Stookey, and contralto Mary Travers. The group's repertoir ...

on the album ''

A Song Will Rise ''A Song Will Rise'' is the fourth studio album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in 1965. Track listing All tracks are composed by Noel Paul Stookey, Mary Travers, Peter Yarrow and Milt Okun, except where noted. ...

'' * 1972"Come and Go with Me to That Land" by

Bernice Johnson Reagon Bernice Johnson Reagon (born Bernice Johnson on October 4, 1942) is a song leader, composer, scholar, and social activist, who in the early 1960s was a founding member of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) Freedom Singers in t ...

on the album ''River of Life/Harmony: One'' * 1984"Come and Go with Me to That Land" by

Rune Larsen Rune Larsen (born 8 August 1948) is a Norwegian journalist, singer, musician, record producer and television presenter. He was born in Bergen. He made his stage debut in 1957, and his television debut in 1964. By that time, he had already played w ...

on the album ''Flammen'' * 1999"Come and Go with Me to That Land" by

Jesse L. Martin Jesse Lamont Martin ('' né'' Watkins; January 18, 1969) is an American actor and singer. He originated the role of Tom Collins on Broadway in the musical ''Rent'' and performed on television as NYPD Detective Ed Green on '' Law & Order'' and ...

in an episode of the TV series ''The X-Files'' called " The Unnatural" * 2013"Freedom Suite: Oh Freedom/Come and Go with Me to That Land/I'm on My Way to Freedom Land/Glory, Glory Hallelujah" by

Sweet Honey in the Rock Sweet Honey in the Rock is an all-women band, all-woman, African American, African-American a cappella ensemble. They are an United States, American three-time Grammy Award–nominated troupe who express their history as black women through song ...

on the album ''A Tribute: Live! Jazz at Lincoln Center''

References

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