How Lon the Train Been Gone?

DESCRIPTION: "Come and go with me (x3)." "How long the train been gone? (x3) Come and go with me." "Got my mother and gone (x3), Come and...." "It been very long gone." "Got my father and gone." "Dark cloud risin' in the east." "I'm gonna rise in that Judgment Day."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1980 (Rosenbaum-FolkVisionsAndVoices)
KEYWORDS: father mother religious travel
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Rosenbaum-FolkVisionsAndVoices, pp. 84-85, "How Long the Train Been Gone?" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #16267
File: Rose084

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