1899–1993

Introduction

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Born: Ju­ly 1, 1899, Vil­la Ri­ca, Geor­gia.

Died: Ja­nu­ary 23, 1993, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

Buried: Oak Woods Ce­me­te­ry, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

Pseudonyms

Son of a Bap­tist min­is­ter, Dor­sey pro­vid­ed mu­sic for per­form­ers such as Tam­pa Red, Ma Rai­ney, and Bes­sie Smith, writ­ing some 200 songs in his life­time.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Dear Friends and Kind­red
  2. Each Day the Sun Comes Out to Shine
  3. God Be with You
  4. How Ma­ny Times Have I Wound­ed His Heart?
  5. How Well Do I Re­mem­ber
  6. I Am Tired and So We­ary
  7. I Was Lost in Sin and Sor­row
  8. I Was Stand­ing by the Bed­side of a Neigh­bor
  9. If I Don’t Get There
  10. I’ll Tell of the Sav­ior
  11. I’m So Tired and So Wea­ry
  12. It’s My De­sire to Do Some Good Thing
  13. Let My Sin­ful Days Be Left Be­hind
  14. Like a Ship That’s Tossed and Driv­en
  15. My Way Gets Bright­er
  16. Oft Time We Have Too Ma­ny Tro­ubles
  17. Peace in the Val­ley
  18. Precious Lord, Take My Hand
  19. There’ll Be Peace in the Val­ley
  20. There’s a Day That Is Com­ing
  21. There’s a God Some­where
  22. Well, I’m So Tired and So Wea­ry
  23. When I’ve Done the Best I Can
  24. When My Way Grows Drear
  25. You Know When I’m Right, Lord