The Little Black Train

There's a little black train a comin

Set your business right

There's a little black train a comin

And it may be here tonight

 

Go tell that ball room lady

All dressed in the worldly pride

That death's dark train is coming

Prepare to take a ride

God said to Hezekiah

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

We see that train with engine

And one small baggage car

Your idle thoughts and wicked deeds

Will stop at the judgment bar

That poor young man in darkness

Cares not for the gospel light

Til suddenly he heard the whistle blow

And the little black train in site

Have mercy on me lord

Please come and set me right

Before he got his business fixed

The train rolled in that night

Recorded 5/7/35 New York, NY