Lyr. Add: WHEN DE TRAIN COMES ALONG
Spiritual, Saint Helena Island, SC

1
When de train comes along
When de train comes along
I'm goin' to meet yo' at de station
when de train comes along.
2
Ef mah mother ax for me
Tell her death done summon me
I'm goin' to meet yo' at de station
when de train comes along.
3
Ef mah father ax for me
Tell him death done summon me
I'm goin' to meet yo' at de station
when de train comes along.
4
Ef mah sister ax for me, etc.
5
Ef mah brudder ax for me, etc.
6
Ef mah deacon ax for me, etc.
7
Ef mah leader ax for me, etc.

Repeat 1st verse after all relationships are exhausted.

With musical score, 4/4, p. 12; Nicholas George Julius Ballanta-(Taylor), 1924, Saint Helena Island Spirituals Recorded and transcribed at Penn Normal Industrial and Agricultural School, St. Helena island, Beaufort County, South Carolina. G. Schirmer, Inc. New York.