It's spoken of in many sources as a children's song (no wonder; it's got everything a good children's song should have), but was that its original intent? Is it a children's song about real trains, or is it a children's Sunday School song, or a grownups' gospel song, or is it referring to the underground railroad? Or all of the above?

Train is a-comin', Oh ya
Train is a-comin', Oh ya
Train is a-comin', train is a-comin'
Train is a-comin', Oh ya

~b.w.