Song: Mother's Children Have a Hard Time

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Written by

Language

English

Comments

Columbia recording engineers misunderstood the title of Blind Willie Johnson's 1927 recording "Motherless Children Have a Hard Time" to be, instead, "Mother's Children Have a Hard Time," which is how it appeared in their notes and on the label of the publicly-released record.

Originals

First recording

Mother's Children Have a Hard Time by Blind Willie Johnson (December 3, 1927)

First release

Mother's Children Have a Hard Time by Blind Willie Johnson on audio single If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down (1928)

Versions

	Title	Performer	Release date
1	Mother's Children Have a Hard Time	Blind Willie Johnson	1928
2	Motherless Children	The Carter Family	1929
3	Motherless Children	Joshua White	1933
4	Motherless Children	Josh White [1]	1944
5	Motherless Children	Jesse Fuller	April 22, 1955
6	Motherless Children	Felix Dukes & Fred McDowell	1960
7	Motherless Children	Mance Lipscomb	1961
8	Motherless Children	Steve Miller Band	November 1969
9	Motherless Children Have a Hard Time	Blind Willie McTell	October 5, 1972
10	Motherless Children	Perry Tillis	1972
11	Motherless Children	Herman E. Johnson	1972
12	Motherless Children	Thomas Shaw	1972
13	Motherless Children	Eric Clapton	1974
14	Motherless Children	Blind Connie Williams	1974
15	Motherless Children Have a Hard Time	Son House	1974
16	Motherless Children	Robert Richard	1977
17	Motherless Children	Lucinda Williams	1979
18	Motherless Children	Big Joe Williams	1980
19	Motherless Children	Alfred "Snuff" Johnson	1994
20	Motherless Child	Leon Pinson	2006
21	Motherless Children	Rosanne Cash	October 2, 2009

Forum topics

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1	Mother's Children Have a Hard Time	Add songs	queteparece	1	2010-07-12 13:55:04 GMT by Canary
2	Mother's Children Have a Hard Time cover by the Carter Family	Add songs	SlimD	1	2013-02-21 20:39:46 GMT by Canary
3	Mother's Children Have a Hard Time cover by Lucinda Williams	Add songs	sebastiaanl	1	2013-02-21 20:42:11 GMT by Canary