[Dixielandjazz] Silver Bell / Sometimes my Burden...

[Ingemar Wågerman]

The second theme of Percy Wenrich´s rag "Silver Bell" is often played by 
traditional jazz bands with the title "Sometimes my burden is (so) hard to 
bear". (Some bands play the two first themes with that title!)  Did Wenrich 
use an existing spiritual / gospel or is it the other way round? As far as I 
know, there are no recordings of "Sometimes my burden..." before Bunk 
Johnson 1942. Grand Dominion Jazzband credits a Georgia Jones for this tune 
(The Spiritual Album). Who is / was she? Additional information???

Ingemar Wågerman
Gota River Jazzmen
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