The opening line is referencing a hymn (Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground), famously recorded by Blind Willie Johnson. A copy of that performance is on the record that was attached to the Voyager spacecraft that's currently on its way out of the solar system.
The opening line is referencing a hymn (Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground), famously recorded by Blind Willie Johnson. A copy of that performance is on the record that was attached to the Voyager spacecraft that's currently on its way out of the solar system.