Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
"Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" is an African-American spiritual song that originated during the period of slavery but was not published until 1867. The song is well known and many cover versions of it have been recorded by artists such as Mahalia Jackson, Louis Armstrong, Lena Horne, Marian Anderson, Harry James, Paul Robeson, and Sam Cooke among others.