Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right
"Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right" is a gospel blues song recorded in 1930 by Blind Willie Johnson with backing vocals by Willie B. Harris, who may have been his first wife.[1] The song was released in 1930 on Columbia 14597 as B-side to "Go with Me to That Land".[2]
The chorus consists of the lines:
Everybody should treat a stranger right, long ways from home,
Everybody should treat a stranger right, a long way from home.
The verses comment on that idea, notably with reference to the Three Wise Men offering gifts to the Christ-child in the manger.[2]
Recordings
The following recordings are by people with Wikipedia articles:
- 1930 – Blind Willie Johnson [3]
- 1993 – Knut Reiersrud, on the album Tramp (in USA, Footwork) under the title "You Ought to Treat a Stranger Right" [4]
References
- ↑ "Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right". Smithsonian Folkways. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Blakey, D. N. (2007). Revelation Blind Willie Johnson the Biography. online: Lulu Publishing. p. 278 et seq. ISBN 978-1430328995.
- ↑ Blind Willie Johnson: Everybody Ought To Treat a Stranger Right at AllMusic. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
- ↑ Knut Reiersrud: You Ought to Treat a Stranger Right at AllMusic. Retrieved February 1, 2015.