Gospel Train (II), The

DESCRIPTION: "Select de proper train (x3), When de bridegroom comes." "Git on board de train (x3) When de bridegroom comes." "Gwine to travel wid my Savior." "Gwine to travel home to glory."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad train
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 529, "The Gospel Train" (2 texts plus a fragment; this is the "A" text; "B" is "The Gospel Train (III)"; "C" is a fragment of "Get On Board, Little Children")
Roud #11820
NOTES [18 words]: Roud lumps this with "Boundless Mercy (Drooping Souls, No Longer Grieve)" -- a clerical error, I suspect. - RBW
File: Br3529A

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