Little Black Train

Album: The Carter Family Album (1935)
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  • There's a little black train a coming
    Set your business right
    There's a little black train a coming
    And it may be here tonight
    Go tell that ballroom lady
    All dressed in the worldly pride
    That death's dark train is coming
    Prepare to take a ride

    God said to Hezikah
    A message from on high
    You better set your house in order
    For you must surely die

    He turned to the wall in weeping
    We see him here in tears
    He got his business fixed all right
    God spared him fifteen years

    There's a little black train a coming
    Set your business right
    There's a little black train a coming
    And it may be here tonight
    Go tell that ballroom lady
    All dressed in the worldly pride
    That death's dark train is coming
    Prepare to take a ride

    We see that train with engine
    And one small baggage car
    Your idle thoughts and wicked deeds
    Will stop at the judgement bar

    There's a little black train a coming
    Set your business right
    There's a little black train a coming
    And it may be here tonight
    Go tell that ballroom lady
    All dressed in the worldly pride
    That death's dark train is coming
    Prepare to take a ride

    That poor young man in darkness
    Cared not for the gospel light
    'Til suddenly he heard the whistle blow
    On the little black train, and sighed

    "Have mercy on me, Lord
    Please come and set me right"
    Before he got his business fixed
    The train rolled in that night

    There's a little black train a coming
    Set your business right
    There's a little black train a coming
    And it may be here tonight
    Go tell that ballroom lady
    All dressed in the worldly pride
    That death's dark train is coming
    Prepare to take a ride Writer/s: A.P. CARTER
    Publisher: Peermusic Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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