Trials, Troubles, Tribulations is a popular American bluegrass gospel song written by Estil C. Ball.
The lyrics were based, as Ball told Alan Lomax in 1959, "on the last book in the Bible: Revelations [sic]."
Original versions of Ball's song are featured on “White Spirituals”; “Sounds of the South”; and volume five in the Southern Journey series, “Deep South… Sacred and Sinful,” 1960 (Prestige).
Ball and Orna: Through the Years” (Copper Creek) and "I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Until I Die," volume 5 in the "Alan Lomax's Southern Journey, 1959–1960" series (Mississippi Records / Global Jukebox).
[1] The song has been frequently performed by other musicians, such as Andrew Bird as "Trials, Troubles, Tribulations.