Lyrics are "Oh Lordy, trouble so hard"

[The Greyhound & Jessica Alba]

Who is the artist? I'm only coming up with Moby, who I know didn't
do that originally. I believe it's a song from the 70's. Can
someone help me out?

Thanks in advance.

[nanc...@verizon.net]

On Nov 30, 7:26 pm, "The Greyhound & Jessica Alba" <Graaho...@aol.com>
wrote:

There's been many artists through the years who performed this song,
which has been around since at least the 1930s and is based on a song
that's much older than that. The version Moby used was this one:

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Trouble So Hard (1937)
Performed by Dock Reed, Henry Reed, and Vera Hall
Written by Vera Hall (Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music)
Source: AFRO-AMERICAN SPIRITUALS, WORK SONGS, AND BALLADS
(Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress Archive of Folk Song, AFS L3)

Of the many singers recorded by folklorist John Lomax and his wife
Ruby during their trips through the South, Vera Hall was one of their
favorites. Possessing "the loveliest voice [they] had ever recorded,"
Hall sang in a strong style, unaccompanied by musical instruments, and
frequently in a call-and-response form (called "following after" by
Hall) with other singers, particularly her cousin Dock Reed. This
style was considered old even when Hall was first recorded in 1937;
together with her tremendous memory for both spiritual and secular
songs, this made her a direct link to late 19th century African
American traditions. Interestingly, Hall's performance had lost none
of its impact at the dawn of the 21st century, when electronic
musician Moby extensively sampled it for his global hit song "Natural
Blues."

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You can hear the song on Rhapsody if you want:

http://play.rhapsody.com/album/alanlomaxpopularsongbook/troublesohard?didAutoplayBounce=true