^ Mance Lipscomb: "God Moves on the Water (The Sinking of the Titanic)" at AllMusic.^ Mance Lipscomb: "God Moves on the Waater" at AllMusic.^ Mance Lipscomb: "God Moves on the Water" at AllMusic.^ Rory Block / Stefan Grossman: "God Moves on the Water" at AllMusic.^ Blind Willie Johnson: "God Moves on the Water" at AllMusic.2020 – Larkin Poe, on the album Self-Made Man.2011 – "God Moves on Water" by Dead Rock West, on the album Bright Morning Stars.2011 – Charlie Parr, on the album Keep your Hands on the Plow.2009 – Charlie Parr, on the album Roustabout.2008 – Garrison Keillor, on the album A Prairie Home Companion 4th Annual Farewell Performance.2003 – Chris Jones, on the album Roadhouses and Automobiles.2003 – Chris Jones and Steve Baker, on the album Smoke and Noise.1972 – Stefan Grossman, as an instrumental.1966 – Mance Lipscomb, live at the 1966 Berkeley Folk Music Festival.
The title may allude to the Book of Genesis at 1:2: "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters".
The fact that two of the earliest recordings, by Johnson in 1929 and by Mance Lipscomb in 1965, were made by Texans suggests an origin in that state. Johnson's lyrics call the ship's captain, E.
Its origins are obscure: topical songs are generally written soon after the event to which they relate. The song describes the sinking of RMS Titanic and the consequent loss of life after it struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912. God Moves on the Water is a gospel blues song recorded by Blind Willie Johnson in 1929 and released on a 78 rpm record by Columbia Records. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 11, 1929 1929 single by Blind Willie Johnson "God Moves on the Water"
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