Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right

"Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right"
Single by Blind Willie Johnson
A-side	"Go with Me to That Land"
Released	c. 1930
Format	Gospel blues
Recorded	April 20, 1930 in Atlanta, GA
Label	Columbia 14597-D
Songwriter(s)	Unknown
Blind Willie Johnson singles chronology
"The Soul of a Man" / "String Module Error: Match not found" (String Module Error: Match not found) "Go with Me to That Land" / "String Module Error: Match not found" (00000002) "Sweeter as the Years Roll By" / "String Module Error: Match not found" (String Module Error: Match not found)
"The Soul of a Man" / "Church, I'm Fully Saved To-Day" "Go with Me to That Land" / "Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right" "Sweeter as the Years Roll By" / "Take Your Stand"

"Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right" is a gospel blues song recorded in 1930 by Blind Willie Johnson with backing vocals by Willie B. Harris, who may have been his first wife. The song was released in 1930 on Columbia 14597 as B-side to "Go with Me to That Land".

The chorus consists of the lines:

Everybody should treat a stranger right, long ways from home,
Everybody should treat a stranger right, a long way from home.

The verses comment on that idea, notably with reference to the Three Wise Men offering gifts to the Christ-child in the manger.

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