| Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right | |
| Cover: | Johnson-TreatAStrangerRight.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Blind Willie Johnson |
| Recorded: | Atlanta, Georgia, April 20, 1930 |
| Label: | Columbia |
"Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right" is a gospel blues song recorded in 1930 by Blind Willie Johnson with backing vocals by Willis B. Harris, who may have been his first wife.[1] The song was released in 1930 on Columbia 14597 as B-side to "Go with Me to That Land".[2]
The chorus consists of the lines:The verses comment on that idea, notably with reference to the Three Wise Men offering gifts to the Christ-child in the manger.
In 2018, Ry Cooder recorded the song for his album The Prodigal Son.[3] He commented that it was "one of Blind Willie Johnson’s great songshe’s the go to guy".