When That Train Make Its Last Station Blow

Date recorded: September 26, 1961
Contributor(s): Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: sacred song, spiritual

Culture: African American, Southern U.S.

Instruments: voice

Setting: Alan Lomax's apartment, 3rd Street

Language: English

Location: New York City, New York, United States

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T953

Track Number: 7

Archive ID: T953R07

Note: Text: Old mens, young mens, womens, and girls and boys, / Whether we are prepared or not, / Children, we all got to go … // You'd better get your ticket, / You'd better get it in time / You'd better get religion … / When that train make its last station blow.

Transcript:
Belongs to: New York City 9/61

About the session: The fourth of 21 recording sessions with Bessie Jones.

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