Jesus Is Coming Soon

"Jesus Is Coming Soon" is a gospel song composed most likely in the earliest years of the 20th century. The song was recorded by Blind Willie Johnson in gospel blues style in 1928, with an uncredited backing vocalist; who may have been Willie B. Harris, by some accounts his first wife, who is known to have appeared on some of his later recordings.
The subject-matter of the song combines imagery of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ with an account of the 1918 flu pandemic.
Recordings
The following are recordings by other notable artists:
* 1928Blind Willie Johnson
* 1975"We've Been Told (Jesus Is Coming Soon)" by Eric Clapton, on the album There's One in Every Crowd (uses the chorus with different lyrics)
* 1990Glenn Kaiser and Darrell Mansfield, on the album Trimmed and Burnin
 
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