Singer/songwriters

[Wintereis]

Oh I'm sure there are plenty we've missed, Wintereis! That's what this is all about, I hope.

Thanks for the Johnny Cash. I've not heard this song except for Leadbelly's version, which is yet another song I first came across, loved and sang frequently as a teenager. I'd forgotten all about it!

hmmm, I had never heard that song by Leadbelly before. Thank you for introducing me to it. However, it is not the same song as the one by Johny Cash. The common phrase in each of them, that which seems to be confusing you, is actually due to the fact that Leadbelly and Cash are quoting the same book, the Bible. Here is the opening paragraph from Wiki's article on "When the Man Comes Around". As you can see, it was written for his American albums, the ones he recorded later in life to detail the history and various aspects of American music. As the Wiki article says below, it is one of the songs he personally wrote to include in the series. (All those southern boys and girls loved their Bible verses)

The Man Comes Around" is the title track from Johnny Cash's American IV: The Man Comes Around, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music). It is one of the last songs Cash wrote in his life. Of the album's fifteen tracks, only three were written by Cash, with "The Man Comes Around" the sole song specifically penned for it. Both sung and spoken, the song makes numerous Biblical references, especially from the Book of Revelation. The titular "Man" inferentially refers to Jesus Christ and the Second Coming.