My Station's Gonna Be Changed

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, the station's gonna be changed after 'while (x2), When the Lord himself shall come And shall say 'Your work is done.'" "The Gospel train is coming, It's coming around the curve, Stopping at every station... For your station's gonna be changed...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1953 (Grimes-StoriesFromTheAnneGrimesCollection)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad train
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Grimes-StoriesFromTheAnneGrimesCollection, p. 119, "My Station's Gonna Be Changed" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Get On Board, Little Children" (lyrics)
NOTES [39 words]: The version of this in Grimes-StoriesFromTheAnneGrimesCollection has a chorus that is very close to "Get On Board, Little Children." The rest of it feels just different enough that I have split them -- but only very tentatively. - RBW
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File: Grim119A

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