"Many Rivers to Cross" is a song written and recorded in 1969 by Jimmy Cliff. He released the song, with production work by Leslie Kong, on his 1969 album, "Jimmy Cliff". It was also released on the 1972 soundtrack album for the film "The Harder They Come", in which Cliff also starred. Jimmy Cliff wrote this in 1969. After years of poorly paid tours of Europe, he remembered crossing the English Channel to Dover in a despondent mood, wondering what more he had to do to gain acceptance. When Jamai

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