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{{About|the traditional American Christian song|the Bob Dylan song|Bye and Bye}}
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{{Infobox song
| name     = Bye and Bye I'm Goin' to See the King
| cover    = Johnson-ByeAndBye.jpg
| alt      =
| type     = single
| artist   = [[Blind Willie Johnson]]
| released = {{Start date|1930}}
| recorded = New Orleans, Louisiana, December 10, 1929
| genre    = [[Gospel blues]]
| length   = {{duration|m=2|s=53}}
| label    = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| writer   = Unknown
}}
"'''Bye and Bye We're''' (or, '''I'm''') '''Going to See the King'''" is a Christian song from the [[African-American music|African-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 in [[gospel music|gospel]] or [[gospel blues]] style, but also in other styles such as [[country music|country]].
== Description ==
The song consists of several four-line verses ([[quatrain]]s) and a repeated [[refrain]]. 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 the [[God in Christianity|Christian God]].  Many versions include a verse which refers to the [[Merkabah mysticism#Ezekiel.27s vision of the chariot|vision of the chariot]] in the [[Book of Ezekiel]], [[s:Bible (King James)/Ezekiel#Chapter 1|Chapter 1]].  A line found in many versions, "He said he saw him coming with his dyed garments on", alludes to the [[Book of Isaiah]] at [[Isaiah 63:1|63:1]]:
{{quote|Who is this that cometh from [[Edom]], with dyed garments from [[Bozrah]]?}}
{{Infobox song
| name     = A Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter
| cover    = Phillips-LastWordToDaughter.jpg
| alt      =
| type     = single
| artist   = [[Washington Phillips]]
| released = {{Start date|1930}}
| recorded = Dallas, Texas, December 2, 1929
| genre    = [[Gospel blues]]
| length   = {{Duration|m=3|s=06}}
| label    = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| writer   = Washington Phillips
| producer = [[Frank B. Walker]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.minermusic.com/dolceola/corcoran.htm |title=Exhuming the Legend of Washington Phillips |first=Michael |last=Corcoran |newspaper=[[Austin American-Statesman|Austin Statesman]] |date=December 29, 2002 |accessdate=August 20, 2015 }}</ref>
}}
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 by [[Washington 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|Blind Mamie Forehand's]] 1927 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 ==
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* 1926{{snd}}[[Arizona Dranes]], "Bye and Bye We're Going to See the King" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=bye-and-bye-were-going-to-see-the-king-mt0001673414 |label=Arizona Dranes: Bye and Bye We're Going to See the King, Composed by Traditional |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=bye-bye-were-going-to-see-the-king-mt0045484912 |label=Arizona Dranes: Bye & Bye We're Going to See the King |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=bye-and-bye-were-going-to-see-the-king-mt0026441724 |label= Bye and Bye We're Going to See the King |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> 10" 78rpm single [[Okeh Records|Okeh]] <small>8438-B</small> <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.78discography.com/OK8000.html |website=78discography.com |title=Okeh 8000 series numerical listing |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 1927{{snd}}[[A. C. and Mamie Forehand|Blind Mamie Forehand]], "Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All" <ref>{{AllMusic
|class=song |id=i-wouldnt-mind-dying-if-dying-was-all-pt-1-mt0043798221 |label=A.C. / Blind Mamie Forehand: I Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All, Pt. 1 |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=i-wouldnt-mind-dying-if-dying-was-all-pt-2-mt0043798154 |label=A.C. / Blind Mamie Forehand: I Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All, Pt. 2 |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> 10" 78rpm single [[Victor Talking Machine Company|Victor]] <small>20574-A</small> <ref>{{cite web |url=http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800012219/BVE-37962-Wouldnt_mind_dying_if_dying_was_all |website=UCSB |title=Victor matrix BVE-37962. Wouldn't mind dying if dying was all / Mamie Forehand |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 1927{{snd}}Norfolk Jubilee Quartet, "I Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=i-wouldnt-mind-dying-if-dying-was-all-mt0009197597 |label=Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartet: I Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> 10" 78rpm single [[Paramount Records|Paramount]] <small>12630-B</small> <ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.78discography.com/Para125.htm |website=78discography.com |title=Paramount Race Series; 12500{{ndash}}13000 (1927{{ndash}}1930) |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 1928{{snd}}Golden Leaf Quartet, "I Wouldn't Mind Dying" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=i-wouldnt-mind-dying-mt0027510126 |label=Golden Leaf Quartet: I Wouldn't Mind Dying |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><!--Holy, holy, holy is His name--> 10" 78rpm single [[Brunswick Records|Brunswick]] <small>7050</small> <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.78discography.com/BRN7000.htm |website=78discography.com |title=Brunswick 7000 Series Numerical Listing |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 1928{{snd}}Rev. I. B. Ware with Wife and Son, "I Wouldn't Mind Dying (but I Gotta Go by Myself)" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=i-wouldnt-mind-dying-but-i-gotta-go-by-myself-mt0006199821 |label=Rev. I.B. Ware: I Wouldn't Mind Dying (But I Gotta Go by Myself) |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=i-wouldnt-mind-dying-but-i-gotta-go-by-myself-mt0004739516 |label=Son / Rev. I.B. Ware / Wife: I Wouldn't Mind Dying (But I Gotta Go by Myself) |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> 10" 78rpm single [[Vocalion Records|Vocalion]] <small>1235</small> <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.78discography.com/VOC1000.htm |website=78discography.com |title=1000{{ndash}}1500 (1926{{ndash}}1930) |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> 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{{snd}}Blind Willie Johnson, "Bye and Bye I'm Goin' to See the King" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=bye-and-bye-im-goin-to-see-the-king-mt0001061658 |label=Blind Willie Johnson: Bye and Bye I'm Goin' to See the King |accessdate=April 2, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=bye-and-be-im-going-to-see-the-king-mt0033294568 |label=Blind Willie Johnson: Bye and Be I'm Going to See the King |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=bye-and-bye-im-going-to-see-the-king-mt0006500400 |label=Blind Willie Johnson: Bye and Bye I'm Going to See the King |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=bye-bye-im-going-to-see-the-king-mt0004703728 |label=Blind Willie Johnson: Bye & Bye I'm Going to See the King |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=bye-and-bye-im-goin--to-see-the-king-mt0047507739 |label=Blind Willie Johnson: Bye and Bye I'm Goin ' to See the King, Composed by Traditional |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> 10" 78rpm single [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] <small>14504-D</small> <ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.wirz.de/music/johbwfrm.htm |website=wirz.de |title=Blind Willie Johnson discography |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref name=14000D>{{cite web |url=http://www.78discography.com/COL14000D.htm |website=78discography.com |title=COLUMBIA (USA) 14000D series Numerical Listing |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 1929{{snd}}Washington Phillips, "A Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=a-mothers-last-word-to-her-daughter-mt0007842178 |label=George Washington Phillips: A Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=a-mothers-last-words-to-her-daughter-mt0016862312 |label=A Mother's Last Words to Her Daughter |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> 10" 78rpm single Columbia <small>14511-D</small> <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wirz.de/music/phillipsw.htm |website=wirz.de |title=Washington Phillips discography |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref name=14000D />
* 1932{{snd}}[[Carter Family]], "I Wouldn't Mind Dying"<!--Recorded October 13, 1932 Victor Studio, Trinity Baptist Church, 114N. 5th St., Camden, NJ--> <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=i-wouldnt-mind-dying-mt0004497003 |label=The Carter Family: I Wouldn't Mind Dying, Composed by A.P. Carter |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> 10" 78rpm single Victor <small>23807</small> <ref>{{cite web |url=http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800029752/BS-59026-I_wouldnt_mind_dying |website=UCSB |title=Victor matrix BS-59026. I wouldn't mind dying / Carter Family |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 1939{{snd}}Carter Family, "I Wouldn't Mind Dying" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=last-letter-i-wouldnt-mind-dying-mt0031985123 |label=The Carter Family: Last Letter/I Wouldn't Mind Dying, Composed by Jeanette Carter |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> radio broadcast <ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=on-border-radio-vol-2-1939-mw0000034169 |label=The Carter Family: On Border Radio, Vol. 2: 1939 |first=Richie |last=Unterberger |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 1939{{snd}}Smith Casey, "I Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=i-wouldnt-mind-dying-if-dying-was-all-mt0011749623 |label=Smith Casey / Pete Harris & Smith Casey: I Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |class=artist |id=smith-casey-mn0000037270 |label=Smith Casey |first=Steve |last=Leggett |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=i-wouldnt-mind-dyin-if-dyin-was-all-mt0034850348 |label=Smith Casey: I Wouldn't Mind Dyin' if Dyin' Was All |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 1939{{snd}}[[The Dixie Hummingbirds]], "Wouldn't Mind Dying" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=wouldnt-mind-dying-mt0004123374 |label=The Dixie Hummingbirds: Wouldn't Mind Dying |accessdate=August 28, 2015 }}</ref> 10" 78rpm single [[Decca Records|Decca]] <small>7667</small> <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.78discography.com/Dec7500.htm |website=78discography.com |title=7500{{ndash}}8000 series Numerical Listing |accessdate=August 28, 2015 }}</ref>
* 1956{{snd}}[[Dorothy Love Coates]] and the Original Gospel Harmonettes, "I Wouldn't Mind Dying" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=i-wouldnt-mind-dying-mt0002970251 |label=Dorothy Love Coates / Dorothy Love Coates & the Original Gospel Harmonettes: I Wouldn't Mind Dying |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=i-wouldnt-mind-dying-take-3-mt0040734664 |label=Dorothy Love Coates / Dorothy Love Coates & the Original Gospel Harmonettes: I Wouldn't Mind Dying [Take 3], Composed by Dorothy Love Coates |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=i-wouldnt-mind-dying-mt0008566835 |label=Dorothy Love Coates / Original G / The Original Gospel Harmonettes: I Wouldn't Mind Dying |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=i-wouldnt-mind-dying-mt0010683278 |label=Dorothy Love Coates / The Original Gospel Harmonettes: I Wouldn't Mind Dying |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=i-wouldnt-mind-dying-mt0012014399 |label=Dorothy Love Coates / Dorothy Love Coates & the Original Gospel Harmonettes: I Wouldn't Mind Dying |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> on the album ''Get on Board'' <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Get-Board-Dorothy-Love-Coates/dp/B000000QMQ |website=amazon.com |title=Get On Board – Dorothy Love Coates |asin=B000000QMQ |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 1961{{snd}}[[Pearly Brown|Reverend Pearly Brown]], "By and By (I'm Gonna See the King)" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=by-and-by-im-gonna-see-the-king-mt0007530094 |label=Rev. Pearly Brown: By and By (I'm Gonna See the King) |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> on the album ''Georgia Street Singer'' <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wirz.de/music/bropefrm.htm |website=wirz.de |title=Reverend Pearly Brown discography |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 1965{{snd}}[[Mississippi Fred McDowell]], "Bye and Bye"/"Wouldn't Mind Dying" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=wouldnt-mind-dying-mt0001812265 |label=Mississippi Fred McDowell: Wouldn't Mind Dying |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{discogs release |release=3780153 |name=Fred McDowell{{snd}}Good Morning Little School Girl |accessdate=August 28, 2015 }}</ref>
* 1981{{snd}}[[Flora Molton|Flora Molton and the Truth Band]], "Bye and Bye I'm Going To See the King" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=bye-and-bye-im-going-to-see-the-king-mt0019572789 |label=Flora Molton / Flora Molton & the Truth Band / The Truth Band: Bye and Bye I'm Going To See the King |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=bye-and-bye-im-goin-to-see-the-king-mt0010813258 |label=Flora Molton & the Truth Band: Bye and Bye I'm Goin' to See the King, Composed by Traditional |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> on the album ''Living Country Blues USA, Vol. 3'' <ref>{{discogs release |release=3928094 |name=Flora Molton And The Truth Band{{snd}}Living Country Blues USA Vol. 3 |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 1986{{snd}}R. Stevie Moore, "I Wouldn't Mind Dyin'" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=i-wouldnt-mind-dyin-mt0012506788 |label=R. Stevie Moore: I Wouldn't Mind Dyin', Composed by Traditional |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> on the album ''[[Glad Music]]''
* 1994{{snd}}[[Ben Harper]], [[hidden track]] on the album ''[[Welcome to the Cruel World]]''
* 2002{{snd}}K. M. Williams, "Bye and Bye, I'm Goin' to See the King" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=bye-bye-im-goin-to-see-the-king-mt0016226531 |label=KM Williams: Bye & Bye, I'm Goin' to See the King |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> on the album ''Blind Willie's Hymns'' <ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=blind-willies-hymns-mw0001524043 |label=KM Williams: Blind Willie's Hymns |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 2003{{snd}}John and Heidi Cerrigione, "A Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=a-mothers-last-words-to-her-daughter-mt0009962993 |label=John Cerrigione / John & Heidi Cerrigione: A Mother's Last Words To Her Daughter |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> on the album ''Wood Stoves and Bread Loaves'' <ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=wood-stoves-and-bread-loaves-mw0000808774 |label=John & Heidi Cerrigione: Wood Stoves and Bread Loaves |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 2003{{snd}}Davis Coen, "Bye and Bye I'm Goin' to See the King" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=bye-and-bye-im-goin-to-see-the-king-mt0013623011 |label=Davis Coen: Bye and Bye I'm Goin' to See the King, Composed by Traditional |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> on the album ''Cryin' the Blues'' <ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=cryin-the-blues-mw0000325162 |label=Davis Coen: Cryin' the Blues |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 2004{{snd}}Crush Collision Trio, "Bye and Bye I'm Going to See the King" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=bye-and-bye-im-going-to-see-the-king-traditional-mt0028277127 |label=Crush Collision Trio: Bye and Bye I'm Going to See the King-Traditional |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> on the album ''Cold in Hand'' <ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=cold-in-hand-mw0001903038 |label=Crush Collision Trio: Cold in Hand |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 2005{{snd}}Flat Mountain Girls, "Wouldn't Mind Dyin'" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=wouldnt-mind-dyin-mt0016437262 |label=The Flat Mountain Girls: Wouldn't Mind Dyin' |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> on the album ''Honey Take Your Whiskers Off'' <ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=honey-take-your-whiskers-off-mw0001597727 |label=The Flat Mountain Girls: Honey Take Your Whiskers Off |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 2006{{snd}}[[Catfish Keith]], "Bye and Bye, I'm Going to See the King" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=bye-and-bye-im-going-to-see-the-king-mt0016067304 |label=Catfish Keith: Bye and Bye, I'm Going to See the King |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> on the album ''Rolling Sea'' <ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=rolling-sea-mw0001512215 |label=Catfish Keith: Rolling Sea |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 2007{{snd}}Francesco Garolfi, "Bye and Bye, I'm Going to See the King" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=bye-bye-im-going-to-see-the-king-mt0018074998 |label=Francesco Garolfi: Bye & Bye I'm Going to See the King |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> on the album ''The Blues I Feel'' <ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=the-blues-i-feel-mw0001643832 |label=Francesco Garolfi: The Blues I Feel |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 2009{{snd}}Catfish Keith, "By and By I'm Going to See the King" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=medley-dark-was-the-night-cold-was-the-ground-by-and-by-im-going-to-see-the-king-mt0047974734 |label=Catfish Keith: Medley: Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground/By and by I'm Going to See the King, Composed by Catfish Keith |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> on the album ''Live at the Half Moon'' <ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=live-at-the-half-moon-mw0002381722 |label=Live at the Half Moon |accessdate=January 29, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-Half-Moon-Catfish-Keith/dp/B0031DS40G |website=amazon.co.uk |title=Live at the Half Moon – Catfish Keith |asin=B0031DS40G |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 2010{{snd}}Heaven And, "Bye and Bye I'm Going To See the King " <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=bye-and-bye-im-going-to-see-the-king-mt0035995062 |label=Heaven And: Bye and Bye I'm Going To See the King, Composed by Zeitblom |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=bye-and-bye-im-going-to-see-the-king-mt0036250468 |label=Markus Detmer / Heaven And: Bye and Bye I'm Going to See the King |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> on the album ''Bye and Bye I'm Going To See the King'' <ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=bye-and-bye-im-going-to-see-the-king-mw0001975267 |label= Heaven And: Bye and Bye I'm Going To See the King |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=100-jahre-einsamkeit-marcus-detmer-plays-staubgold-mw0001993587 |label=Markus Detmer: 100 Jahre Einsamkeit: Marcus Detmer Plays Staubgold |first=Rick |last=Anderson |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 2010{{snd}}Willie Salomon, "By and By I'm Gonna See the King" on the album ''Let Your Light Shine'' <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.williesalomon.com/CDS.htm |website=williesalomon.com |title=Let Your Light Shine |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 2011{{snd}}Catfish Keith, "By and By, I'm Going to See the King" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=medley-dark-was-the-night-cold-was-the-ground-by-and-by-im-going-to-see-the-king-mt0047974804 |label=Catfish Keith: Medley: Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground/By and By, I'm Going to See the King, Composed by Catfish Keith |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> on the album ''A True Friend Is Hard to Find: Gospel Retrospective'' <ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=true-friend-is-hard-to-find-gospel-retrospective-mw0002533391 |label=Catfish Keith: True Friend Is Hard to Find: Gospel Retrospective |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/True-Friend-Hard-Find-Retrospective/dp/B005W4S4C0 |website=amazon.co.uk |title=True Friend Is Hard to Find: Gospel Retrospective – Catfish Keith |asin=B005W4S4C0 |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* 2012{{snd}}Ryan McGiver, "I Wouldn't Mind Dying" on the album ''Troubled in Mind'' <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Troubled-In-Mind-Ryan-McGiver/dp/B005HZZKSA |website=amazon.co.uk |title=Troubled In Mind – Ryan McGiver |asin=B005HZZKSA |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
== Other songs ==
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{{snd}}Jason Moon, "I Wouldn't Mind Dying Now" <ref>{{AllMusic |class=song |id=i-wouldnt-mind-dying-now-mt0041625329 |label=Jason Moon: I Wouldn't Mind Dying Now |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> on the album ''Naked Under All These Clothes'' <ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=naked-under-all-these-clothes-mw0002184411 |label=Jason Moon: Naked Under All These Clothes |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Naked-Under-All-These-Clothes/dp/B004A9Y4CM |website=amazon.co.uk |title=Naked Under All These Clothes – Jason Moon |asin=B004A9Y4CM |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
* "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 ==
* [[Ezekiel Saw the Wheel]], a different gospel song which relates to the same passage in the Book of Ezekiel
== References ==
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