Precious Lord, Take My Hand — Thomas A. Dorsey

CTL-E-0610 · Work · song · 1932–1932

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Thomas A. Dorsey wrote 'Precious Lord, Take My Hand' in Chicago in 1932 after the deaths of his wife and newborn son.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MUSIC-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-node-062; source research type(s): song. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

Sources

https://stpaulferney.com/2026/08/09/precious-lord-take-my-hand/
https://christiansongbook.ca/product/precious-lord-take-my-hand-piano-solo/

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