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This article is about the traditional American Christian song. For the Bob Dylan song, seeBye and Bye.

"Bye and Bye I'm Goin' to See the King"
SinglebyBlind Willie Johnson
Released1930(1930)
RecordedNew Orleans, Louisiana, December 10, 1929
GenreGospel blues
Length2:53
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Unknown

"Bye and Bye We're(or,I'm)Going to See the King"is a Christian song from theAfrican-American musical tradition.It is known by a variety of titles, including "I Wouldn't Mind Dying (If Dying Was All)"and"A Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter".It was recorded seven times before 1930, using the preceding titles.

It has been most often recorded ingospelorgospel bluesstyle, but also in other styles such ascountry.

Description[edit]

The song consists of several four-line verses (quatrains) and a repeatedrefrain.The words both of verses and of refrain often differ from one artist to another. A standard feature is that the refrain consists of four lines, the first three of which are identical. Common variants of those three lines include "Bye and bye we're (or, I'm) going to see the King" and "Holy, holy, holy is His name". The fourth line almost always begins "(I) wouldn't (or, don't) mind dying". It concludes in various ways in different versions, for example "If dying was all", or "But I gotta go by myself", or "Because I'm a child of God".

"The King" is a title of theChristian God.Many versions include a verse which refers to thevision of the chariotin theBook of Ezekiel,Chapter 1.A line found in many versions, "He said he saw him coming with his dyed garments on", alludes to theBook of Isaiahat63:1:

Who is this that cometh fromEdom,with dyed garments fromBozrah?

"A Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter"
SinglebyWashington Phillips
Released1930(1930)
RecordedDallas, Texas, December 2, 1929
GenreGospel blues
Length3:06
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Washington Phillips
Producer(s)Frank B. Walker[1]

Titles like "Bye and Bye We're Going to See the King" and "I Wouldn't Mind Dying (If Dying Was All)" are taken from the refrain. The title of the 1929 version byWashington Phillips,"A Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter", whose verses differ markedly from other versions, was presumably chosen to indicate that he intended it as a companion song to his "Mother's Last Word to Her Son"of 1927.Blind Mamie Forehand's1927 performance of "I Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All" has been reissued on various Washington Phillips compilations, so Phillips is often confused to be the performer. YouTube has multiple videos doing just this, but Phillips never recorded this song, only his adaptation, "A Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter".

Recordings[edit]

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  • 1926 –Arizona Dranes,"Bye and Bye We're Going to See the King"[2][3][4]10 "78rpm singleOkeh8438-B[5]
  • 1927 –Blind Mamie Forehand,"Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All"[6][7]10 "78rpm singleVictor20574-A[8]
  • 1927 – Norfolk Jubilee Quartet, "I Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All"[9]10 "78rpm singleParamount12630-B[10]
  • 1928 – Golden Leaf Quartet, "I Wouldn't Mind Dying"[11]10 "78rpm singleBrunswick7050[12]
  • 1928 – Rev. I. B. Ware with Wife and Son, "I Wouldn't Mind Dying (but I Gotta Go by Myself)"[13][14]10 "78rpm singleVocalion1235[15]Note: This performance credits "wife" as the vocal accompaniment to Ware. The female vocals sound identical to Blind Mamie Forehand's vocals on her 1927 release so she may be the "wife" in the credits.
  • 1929 – Blind Willie Johnson, "Bye and Bye I'm Goin' to See the King"[16][17][18][19][20]10 "78rpm singleColumbia14504-D[21][22]
  • 1929 – Washington Phillips, "A Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter"[23][24]10 "78rpm single Columbia14511-D[25][22]
  • 1932 –Carter Family,"I Wouldn't Mind Dying"[26]10 "78rpm single Victor23807[27]
  • 1939 – Carter Family, "I Wouldn't Mind Dying"[28]radio broadcast[29]
  • 1939 – Smith Casey, "I Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All"[30][31][32]
  • 1939 –The Dixie Hummingbirds,"Wouldn't Mind Dying"[33]10 "78rpm singleDecca7667[34]
  • 1956 –Dorothy Love Coatesand the Original Gospel Harmonettes, "I Wouldn't Mind Dying"[35][36][37][38][39]on the albumGet on Board[40]
  • 1961 –Reverend Pearly Brown,"By and By (I'm Gonna See the King)"[41]on the albumGeorgia Street Singer[42]
  • 1965 –Mississippi Fred McDowell,"Bye and Bye" / "Wouldn't Mind Dying"[43][44]
  • 1981 –Flora Molton and the Truth Band,"Bye and Bye I'm Going To See the King"[45][46]on the albumLiving Country Blues USA, Vol. 3[47]
  • 1986 – R. Stevie Moore, "I Wouldn't Mind Dyin'"[48]on the albumGlad Music
  • 1994 –Ben Harper,hidden trackon the albumWelcome to the Cruel World
  • 2002 – K. M. Williams, "Bye and Bye, I'm Goin' to See the King"[49]on the albumBlind Willie's Hymns[50]
  • 2003 – John and Heidi Cerrigione, "A Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter"[51]on the albumWood Stoves and Bread Loaves[52]
  • 2003 – Davis Coen, "Bye and Bye I'm Goin' to See the King"[53]on the albumCryin' the Blues[54]
  • 2004 – Crush Collision Trio, "Bye and Bye I'm Going to See the King"[55]on the albumCold in Hand[56]
  • 2005 – Flat Mountain Girls, "Wouldn't Mind Dyin'"[57]on the albumHoney Take Your Whiskers Off[58]
  • 2006 –Catfish Keith,"Bye and Bye, I'm Going to See the King"[59]on the albumRolling Sea[60]
  • 2007 – Francesco Garolfi, "Bye and Bye, I'm Going to See the King"[61]on the albumThe Blues I Feel[62]
  • 2009 – Catfish Keith, "By and By I'm Going to See the King"[63]on the albumLive at the Half Moon[64][65]
  • 2010 – Heaven And, "Bye and Bye I'm Going To See the King"[66][67]on the albumBye and Bye I'm Going To See the King[68][69]
  • 2010 – Willie Salomon, "By and By I'm Gonna See the King" on the albumLet Your Light Shine[70]
  • 2011 – Catfish Keith, "By and By, I'm Going to See the King"[71]on the albumA True Friend Is Hard to Find: Gospel Retrospective[72][73]
  • 2012 – Ryan McGiver, "I Wouldn't Mind Dying" on the albumTroubled in Mind[74]

Other songs[edit]

These songs have similar titles to the song which is the subject of this article, but are different from it and from each other:

  • 2010 – Jason Moon, "I Wouldn't Mind Dying Now"[75]on the albumNaked Under All These Clothes[76][77]
  • "Bye and Bye When the Morning Comes" / "We'll Understand It Better Bye and Bye", a different gospel song
  • "We Shall See the King (When He Comes)", a different gospel song

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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