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Will It Do
In the 1950s I had a friend,
Harland Kinsey, with whom I often sang, at times on Berkeley radio station
KPFA on a weekend music program called the Midnight Special, originated by
a well known traditional music impresario, Barry Olivier. Harland's father
was from Georgia and in 1956 Harland visited relatives in Dry Creek,
Georgia, who were very pleased and helpful when he asked to record many of
the songs that they knew and regularly sung. Among the songs he brought
back to his California home with their agreement, was "Will It Do,
Precious Lord," which I learned almost the first day I heard it on
the tape. The Southwest writer Ed Abbey was visiting the Bay area at that
time. He was very pleased to hear the song and its message when one of our
mutual friends brought him over to our home in Walnut Creek and I sang it
for him. Lord, how well do I know I have little to show Will it do when I come to the end of
the way? Will my two weary feet and my work-hardened hands Will it do when I come to the end of
the way?
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