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[Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down]

Appears in 14 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Kurt Brandenberg Tune Sources: African-American spiritual Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 35612 33333 35611 Used With Text: Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

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Nobody Knows the Trouble I See

Appears in 28 hymnals First Line: Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down Lyrics: Refrain: Nobody knows the trouble I see, Nobody knows my sorrow; Nobody knows the trouble I see, Glory, hallelujah! 1 Sometimes I’m up, sometimes I’m down, Oh, yes, Lord! Sometimes I’m almost to the groun', Oh, yes, Lord! [Refrain] 2 Although you see me going ’long so, Oh, yes, Lord! I have my troubles here below, Oh, yes, Lord! [Refrain] 3 What makes old Satan hate me so? Oh, yes, Lord! 'Cause he got me once and let me go, Oh, yes, Lord! [Refrain] Topics: Negro Spirituals and Afro-American Liberation Songs Used With Tune: [Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down] Text Sources: Traditional

Nobody Knows but Jesus

Author: Flora Kirkland Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Nobody knows the troubles I've had Used With Tune: [Nobody knows the troubles I've had]

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Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

Hymnal: Worship in Song #174 (1996) First Line: Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down Lyrics: Refrain: Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, Nobody knows but Jesus. Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, Glory hallelujah. 1 Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, Oh, yes, Lord! Sometimes I'm almost to the ground, Oh, yes, Lord! O [Refrain] 2 Although you see me going 'long so, Oh, yes, Lord! I have my troubles here below, Oh, yes, Lord! O [Refrain] Topics: African-American spiritual African-American spiritual; Suffering Tune Title: [Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down]

Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

Hymnal: Lift Every Voice and Sing II #175 (1993) First Line: Sometimes I’m up, sometimes I’m down Refrain First Line: Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen Lyrics: Refrain: Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen, Nobody knows but Jesus, Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen, Glory, hallelujah. 1 Sometimes I’m up, sometimes I’m down, Oh, yes, Lord, Sometimes I’m almost to the ground, Oh, yes, Lord. [Refrain] 2 Although you see me going ’long so, Oh, yes, Lord, I have my troubles here below, Oh, yes, Lord. [Refrain] Topics: Hymns and Songs Prayer Languages: English Tune Title: [Sometimes I’m up, sometimes I’m down]

Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #99 (1993) First Line: Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down Lyrics: Refrain: Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, nobody knows my sorrow. Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, glory, hallelujah! 1 Sometimes I’m up, sometimes I’m down, oh, yes, Lord! Sometimes I’m almost to the ground, oh, yes, Lord! [Refrain] 2 Although you see me going ’long so, oh, yes, Lord! I have my troubles here below, oh, yes, Lord! [Refrain] 3 One day when I was walking 'long, oh, yes, Lord! The heavens broke and love came down, oh, yes, Lord! [Refrain] Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Transience; Change; Sorrow Languages: English Tune Title: DUBOIS

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William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: W. J. K. Arranger of "[Nobody knows the troubles I've had]" in Celestial Songs William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman

Will M. Ramsey

1872 - 1939 Person Name: W. M. R. Arranger of "Nobody Knows the Trouble I see" in Jubilee Spirituals William Morgan Ramsey Born: August 24, 1872, Belton, Texas. Died: March 12, 1939, Little Rock, Arkansas. Buried: Roselawn Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas. Will was the son of Charles Crump Ramsey and Martha Ann Frances Burns. He married twice, to Virgie Celemma Statton and Willie Mannasas Lawing. Ramsey moved with his family to northwest Arkansas as a child. He studied music in Normal schools under Ephraim Hildebrand, Stephen Oslin, and Benjamin Unseld. He began teaching shape notes and singing while still a teenager, and became well known in singing schools throughout the American South. He went on to become president and owner of the Central Music Company in Little Rock. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)