Where did the song He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands originate?
Like other folk spirituals, the exact origin of “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” is unknown. Whether created extemporaneously by one slave or by a community of slaves, this spiritual’s earliest known written reference is in “Spirituals Triumphant Old and New,” compiled by Edward Boatner in 1927. in the same way What happened […]
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