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De Gospel Train
SEE: Gospel Train
SEE: Little Black Train
Tradtional Old-Time, Spiritual;
ARTIST: from John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip.
VERSION 1) Phil Butler, Brady Walker, Thomas Trimmer, Wm. Grant (Gant), Mary Lee, near Clemson, SC. LISTEN: http://memory.loc.gov/afc/afcss39/272/2721b1.mp3
VERSION 2: "Hambone" and Chain Gang
http://memory.loc.gov/afc/afcss39/272/2724b1.mp3
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Bluegrass Gospel;
DATE: 1800s; John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip
RECORDING INFO: De Gospel Train
John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip
The Gospel Train [Me III-C 42]
Belleville A Cappella Choir. Southern Journey. Vol. 1: Voices from the American South, Rounder 1701, CD (1997), trk# 22 [1960/04/30]
Belleville A Cappella Choir. Southern Journey. Vol. 11: Honor the Lamb, Rounder 1711, CD (1998), trk# 1 [1960/04/28]
Gospel Train
Uf - Get on Board Little Children ; Little Black Train
Gospel Train Is Coming [Me III-C 41]
Uf - Little Black Train
Rodeheaver, Homer (ed.) / Rodeheaver's Negro Spirituals, Rodeheaver, Fol (1923), #31
Clayborn, Reverend Edward. Cohen, Norm (ed.) / Long Steel Rail. The Railroad in American Folksong, U. Illinois, Sof (2000/1981), p619 [1926/12/09ca]
The Little Black Train [Me III-C 41]
At - Gospel Train ; Gospel Train Is Coming
Rm - Roving Gambler
Seeger, Ruth Crawford (eds.) / American Folk Songs for Children, Doubleday/Zephyr Books, Sof (1948), p152
Botkin, Benjamin / A Treasury of American Folklore, Crown, Bk (1944), p914 [1920s] (Little Black Train Is Coming/a-Coming)
Boggs, Dock. Dock Boggs, Vol 2, Folkways FA 2392, LP (1965), trk# 7
Carter Family. Carter Family Album, Liberty LRP 3230, LP (196?), trk# A.02
Carter Family. Cohen, Norm (ed.) / Long Steel Rail. The Railroad in American Folksong, U. Illinois, Sof (2000/1981), p625 [1935/05/07]
Contay, Major; and the Canebrake Rattlers. When the Yankees Came Down, Marimac 9006, Cas (1986), trk# B.10
Gates, Reverend J. M.. Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective (1925-50), Columbia Legacy 47911/47912-15, Cas (1992), trk# 1.05 [1926/04/24] (Death's Black Train Is Coming)
Guthrie, Woody. Poor Boy, Folkways FTS 31010, LP (1968), trk# A.02 [1944/04]
Seeger, Peggy. Folk Songs with the Seegers, Prestige PR 7375, LP (1965), trk# 18
Seeger, Peggy. Three Sisters, Prestige International 13029, LP (1960s), trk# B.01
Seeger, Peggy and Mike. American Folk Songs for Children, Rounder 8001/8002/8003, CD (1977), trk# 2-26
Trusty, Elihu. Lomax, John A. & Alan Lomax / Our Singing Country, MacMillan, Sof (2000/1941), p 46 [1937]
Little Black Train Is Coming/a-Coming [Me III-C 41]
Us - Little Black Train
OTHER NAMES: "Little Black Train"
RELATED TO:
SOURCES: John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip
NOTES: “De Gospel Train,” usually "Gospel Train" or "Little Black Train," is an African-American spiritual that was collected by John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. See Norm Cohen's Long Steel Rail for one great info source. See "Gospel Train" or "Little Black Train" for detailed information.
DE GOSPEL TRAIN- John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip- Phil Butler, Brady Walker, Thomas Trimmer, Wm. Grant (Gant), Mary Lee, near Clemson, SC. http://memory.loc.gov/afc/afcss39/272/2721b1.mp3
CHORUS: Oh, de gospel train is comin',
Don't you want to go?
Oh, de gospel train is comin',
Don't you want to go?
Oh, de gospel train is comin',
Don't you want to go?
O---h yes, I want to go.
She's comin' round de mountain,
Don't you want to go?
She's comin' round de mountain,
Don't you want to go?
She's comin' round de mountain,
Don't you want to go?
O---h yes, I want to go.
Oh, she's comin' heavy loaded, etc.
Oh, she's loaded with bright angels, etc.
Oh, tell me who de Captain, etc.
King Jesus is de Captain, etc.
He *fout out many a battle, etc.
*Fought pronounced like out.
De Gospel Train- "Hambone" and Chain Gang, near Clemson, SC; John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip 2724B1
De Gospel Train is comin', comin' round dat curve
My mother goin' ride dat train dat's comin' round dat curve
Dat train goin' shoo-shoo, shoo-shoo
Dat train goin' ding-dong, ding-dong
Dat whistle goin' oooh-oooh, oooh-oooh.
My father goin' ride dat train, etc.
My sister, etc.
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