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Leave It There

"Leave It There" is a Christian hymn composed in 1916 by African-American Methodist minister Charles A. Tindley.[2][3] It has become popular enough to have been included in 12 hymnals; and even to be attributed to "traditional" or "anonymous". The title is sometimes given as "Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There" or as "Take Your Burden to the Lord" or as "Take Your Burden", words taken from the song's refrain; the plurals "burdens" and "them" are sometimes used, and "God" instead of "the Lord":[3]

Leave it there, leave it there,
Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.
If you trust and never doubt, He will surely bring you out.
Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.

Quick Facts "Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There", Single by Washington Phillips ...
Quick Facts Single by Pace Jubilee Singers, Recorded ...
Quick Facts "Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There", Single by Blind Willie Johnson ...

Origins of the lyrics

The song relates to Psalm 55:22:

Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

and to Christ's words in the Gospel of Matthew at 11:28-30:

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

It also relates to the Gospel of Matthew at 6:26:

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Recording history

On December 2, 1927, the song was recorded in gospel blues style by Washington Phillips (vocals and zither).[4] According to the book Country Music Records : A Discography, 1921-1942: A Discography, 1921-1942, on December 13, 1927, it was recorded by Frank and James McCravy. On June 30, 1928, it was recorded in gospel style by the Pace Jubilee Singers (chorus, singing in close harmony) with Hattie Parker (vocal soloist) and piano accompaniment.[5] On December 11, 1929, it was recorded in gospel blues style by Blind Willie Johnson (vocals (using his "growl" (false bass) voice throughout) and guitar) and Willie B. Harris (vocals), who is thought to have been his first wife.[6][7] Despite their closeness in time both to each other and to the date of composition, those three early versions are stylistically very different.

The song has since been recorded many times in a wide variety of styles; mostly gospel-based, but a few blues- or country-based. Some recordings misattribute authorship to Johnson or to Phillips instead of to Tindley; some artists have even claimed that it was their own composition.

Recordings

  • 19231936[specify]  Snowball and Sunshine, "Leave It There" [8] included on the 2012 compilation album Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time & End Time Music 19231936 [9]
  • 1927  Washington Phillips, "Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There" 10" 78rpm single Columbia 14277-D [4][10][11]
  • 1927  Ruth Donaldson & Helen Jepsen, "Leave It There" 10" 78rpm single Gennett 6241 [4][12][11]
  • 1928  Pace Jubilee Singers with Hattie Parker, "Leave It There" [13] 10" 78rpm single Victor 21551-B [5][14]
  • 1929  Blind Willie Johnson, "Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There" 10" 78rpm single Columbia 14520-D [6][15]
  • 192934[specify]  Blind Joe Taggart, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [16][17][18]
  • 192936[specify]  Blind Roosevelt Graves and Uaroy Graves, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [19][20]
  • 193839  Golden Gate Quartet, "Take Your Burden(s) to God" [21]
  • 193839  Shelby Gospel Four, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [22]
  • 1951[citation needed]  Dorothy Love Coates and the Original Gospel Harmonettes, "Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There" [23] first released in 1994[citation needed] on the album Women of Gospel's Golden Age, Vol. 1 [24]
  • 1951  Famous Ward Singers, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [25] Savoy Records 4033 [26]
  • 195253  Tommy Duncan, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [27]
  • 1962  James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir, "Leave It There" Savoy Records 4188 [28]
  • 1963  Eureka Brass Band, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [29] on the album Jazz at Preservation Hall, Vol. 1 [30][31]
  • 1964  Kid Thomas Valentine, Emanuel Paul and Kid Sheik, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [32] on the album The Three Kings [33]
  • 1965  Joseph Spence, "Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There" [34][35]
  • 1966  The Statesmen Quartet with Hovie Lister, "Leave It There" [36] on the album The Happy Sound of the Statesmen Quartet with Hovie Lister [37]
  • 1967  The Incredible String Band, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [38][39][40] first released in 2006 on the album The Circle Is Unbroken: Live and Studio 19671972 [41]
  • 1967  Warner Mack, "Leave It There" [42] on the album Songs We Sang in Church and Home [43]
  • 1970  Dock Boggs, "Leave It There" [44] on the album Dock Boggs, Volume 3 [45]
  • 1972  Jeffrey Shurtleff, "Leave It There" [46] on the album State Farm [47]
  • 1973  Blind Arvella Gray, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [48] on the album The Singing Drifter [49]
  • 1973  Sensational Nightingales, "Take Your Burdens to the Lord" [50] on the album You and I and Everyone [51]
  • 1975  Percy Humphrey and His Crescent City Joymakers, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" on the album Climax Rag [52]
  • 1976  William Truckaway, "Leave It There" [53] on the album Breakaway [54]
  • 1992  Al Hobbs and the Indy Mass Choir, "Leave It There" [55] on the album All Is Well [56]
  • 1993  Tanya Goodman, "Leave It There" [57] on the album Innocent Eyes [58]
  • 1994  Rev. W. Leo Daniels with Mrs. Nevarro Daniels, "Leave It There" [59] on the album So Happy [60]
  • 1995  Blind Connie Williams, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [61] on the album Philadelphia Street Singer [62]
  • 1995  The Fairfield Four, "Leave It There" [63] on the album Standing on the Rock [64]
  • 1995  Georgia Mass Choir, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [65] on the album Lord Take Me Through [66]
  • 1995  Jimmy Hill and The Anointed Voices of Power, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [67] on the album Stop the Violence [68]
  • 1995  The Horizon Family, "Leave It There" [69] on the album Singing at the National Quartet Convention [70][71]
  • 1996  Bill and Gloria Gaither, "Leave It There" [72] on the album Moments to Remember [73][74]
  • 1996  The Gospel Midgets, "Leave It There" [75] on the album Whatcha Gonna Do [76]
  • 1996  Rev. Oris Mays, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [77] on the album The Milky White Way [78]
  • 1997  William Abney, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [79] on the album Songs of Grace [80]
  • 1998  Clarence Clay and William Scott, "Take Your Burdens to the Lord" [81] on the album Standing on the Highway [82]
  • 1998  Dwight Gordon, "Take Your Burden" [83] on the album I've Been Waiting [84]
  • 1998  Rev. Raymond Wise and Family, "Leave It There" [85] on the album Family: Singing Familiar Songs and Sayings [86]
  • 1999  Willie Eason with The Campbell Brothers, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" on the album Sacred Steel  Live! [87]
  • 2000  Soulful Heavenly Stars of New Orleans, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [88] on the album Who We Are [89]
  • 2000  Sensational Southern Nightingales featuring Sidney Brown, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [90] on the album God's Given Touch [91]
  • 2001  -N-Retro, "Leave It There" [92] on the album Easy Listening Gospel [93]
  • 2001  Shirley Sydnour and Erik Trauner, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [94] on the album I'll Fly Away [95]
  • 2002  Body of Baptized Believers, "Leave It There" [96] on the album No Question [97]
  • 2002  Ehmandah, "Leave It There" [98] on the album Spiritually Gifted: Speaking from the Soul [99]
  • 2002  Randall Goodgame, "Leave It There" [100] on the album The Hymnal [101][102]
  • 2002  Rev. Phillip E. Knight, Sr., "Leave It There" [103] on the album Save a Seat for Me [104]
  • 2003  Gaither Vocal Band, "Leave It There" [105][106] on the album A Cappella
  • 2003  Lynda Randle, "Leave It There" [107] on the album Timeless [108]
  • 2004  Jay Jay Bell and Friends, "Leave It There [109][110] on the album Lord Send Me, I'll Go [111]
  • 2004  Ray Skjelbred, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [112] on the album Plays Blues & Boogie Woogie [113]
  • 2005  The Grace Thrillers, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [114] on the albums He Brought Me Out [115] and Old Favourites [116]
  • 2006  The Baker Girls, "Leave It There" [117] on the album Don't Let the Makeup Fool You [118]
  • 2006  John Cowan and Tony Rice, "Leave It There" [119] on the album Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South [120]
  • 2006  Jessy Dixon, "Leave It There" [121] on the album Homecoming Classics [122]
  • 2007  2nd Chance, "Leave It There" [123] on the album Heavenly Highway (The Highway to Heaven) [124]
  • 2007  A. Bruce Frazier, "Leave It There" [125] on the album That Old Time Religion: Now and Then [126]
  • 2007  Barry Martyn, "Leave It There" [127] on the album Jazz Hymn Fest [128]
  • 2007  Dudley Smith, "Leave It There" [129] on the album Dudley Smith ... Is Havin' Church! [130]
  • 2007  Wings of Heaven, "Leave It There" [131] on the album Upper Room Experience [132]
  • 2008  Bill Gaither, "Leave It There" [133] on the DVD A Campfire Homecoming [134]
  • 2008  Kevin Gould, "Leave It There" [135] on the album A Wineskin in the Smoke [136]
  • 2009  Lance Odegard, "Leave It There" [137] on the album After a Long Hard Winter, It's Good to Go Home [138][139]
  • 2010  Otis Byrd, Jr and Adoration [140] on the album The Experience [141][142]
  • 2010  Garden State Choral Chapter, "Leave It There" [143] on the album Reunion [144][145]
  • 2010  Greg Lowery, "Leave It There" [146] on the album Revival Hymns[147][148]
  • 2010  Stan Whitmire, "Leave It There" [149] on the album Shelter in the Storm [150]
  • 2012  Mississippi Chris Sharp, "Take Your Burden To the Lord and Leave It There" [151] on the album Redbugs [152][153]
  • 2012  Munirih Sparrow, "Leave It There" [154] on the album Nightsong [155]
  • 2013  The Blind Boys of Alabama, "Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There" [156] on the album I'll Find a Way [157]
  • 2013  Joey + Rory, "Leave It There" [158] on the album Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family [159][160]
  • 2013  Stuart MacDonald, "Leave It There" on the album Leave It There [161][162]
  • 2013  Pig Irön, "Take Your Burden to the Lord" [163] on the album Sermons From the Church of Blues Restitution [164][165]
  • 2014  Sue Dodge, Lillie Knauls, Barbie Mason, The Stamps and J. D. Sumner, "Leave It There" [166][167] on the album Bill Gaither's 30 Favorite Homecoming Hymns.[168][169] (This version must have been recorded before Sumner's death in 1998.)
  • 2015  DeBusk-Weaver Family, "Leave It There" [170] on the album Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line [171][172]
  • 2015  Girish, "Leave It There" [173] on the album Sky of the Heart [174][175]

Other songs

These songs have related titles to the Tindley song, but differ from it and from each other:

  • 1965  Pilgrim Jubilee Singers, "Take Your Burden to Jesus";[176] a different gospel song, perhaps based on the Tindley song
  • 1995  Odds, "Leave It There" [177] on the album Good Weird Feeling
  • 1997  F. C. Barnes, "Take Your Burden (to Jesus)" [178][179] on the albums Keep Me All the Way [180] and A Live Reunion;[181] a different gospel song
  • 2002  Juanita Wynn, "Leave It There" [182] on the album U Don't Know;[183] a different gospel song. It quotes the second line of the refrain of the Tindley song, and may have been inspired by it
  • 2003  Laura Frawley, "Leave It There" [184] on the album Come Up Higher;[185] a different gospel song. It has some similarities of wording to the Tindley song, and may have been inspired by it

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