6. Same Train

1
Same train, same train
Same train carry my mother
Same train, same train
Same train carry my mother
Same train be back tomorrow
(Go to Verse 2 without pause)
2
Same train carry my brudduh.... (1st line of Verse 1 omitted)
3
Same train carry my sister.... (3 through 6- Begin as Verse 2)
4
Same train carry my Father ....
5
Same train carry my Deacon ....
6
Same train carry my Pastor ....
7
Same train a-blowin' at de station etc., "making the necessary rhythmic changes."
8
Same train carry eb'rybody etc. (making necessary rhythmic changes)

Note 1. In this song the first verse begins with the refrain, "Same train" omitting the 1st line of the melody; this 1st line is found in the succeeding verses.

"Note 2. Frequently the word "go" used as an auxilliary is inserted before the word "carry" and the melody is rendered with the following changes.

(Musical score differences shown)-
Bar 1. Same train go carry my brudduh
Bar 3. Same train go carry my brudduh
Bar 5. Same train go carry my brudduh
Bar 6. Same train go be back tomorrow.

Also collected on Frogmore Island, 1913; Carl Diton, 1928, Thirty-six South Carolina Spirituals, G. Schirmer Inc. NY