Great songs from the 30's part II: "No Depression in Heaven"

The Carter Family's "No Depression in Heaven" is a truly chilling and apocalyptic song about the Great Depression.

Unfortunately I can't find a complete clip of the original recording, but Amazon has a 30 second clip - you can go to The Carter Family's myspace-page and liste to other Carter family songs from the 30's, including the immortal "Single Girl, Married Girl" and "Wildwood Flower".

However, youtube has clips of the fine No Depression cover versions by Uncle Tupelo and Sheryl Crow. The Uncle Tupelo version inspired an entire alt.-country movement called "No Depression".

Sheryl Crow:



Uncle Tupelo:



NO DEPRESSION IN HEAVEN

For fear the hearts of men are failing,
For these are latter days we know
The Great Depression now is spreading,
God's word declared it would be so

I'm going where there's no depression,
To the lovely land that's free from care
I'll leave this world of toil and trouble,
My home's in Heaven, I'm going there

In that bright land, there'll be no hunger,
No orphan children crying for bread,
No weeping widows, toil or struggle,
No shrouds, no coffins, and no death

This dark hour of midnight nearing
And tribulation time will come
The storms will hurl in midnight fear
And sweep lost millions to their doom