Originale | Civil Rights Version |
THE GOSPEL TRAIN (GET ON BOARD) | THE GOSPEL TRAIN (GET ON BOARD) |
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Get on board, little children | Get on board, children, children |
Get on board | Get on board, children, childrem |
Get on board, little children | Get on board, children, children |
There’s room for many a-more | Let’s fight for human rights |
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The gospel train’s a-coming | I hear the mob a-howlin’ |
I hear it just at hand | They’re comin’ round the square |
I hear the wheels a-rumbling | Gonna catch those freedom fighters |
And rolling through the land | But we’re gonna meet them there |
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I hear that train a-coming | As fighters we go hungry |
She’s coming round the curve | Sometimes no sleep or eat |
She’s loosened all her steam and brakes | But when you fight for freedom |
Straining every nerve | In the end, you’ll be free |
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The fare is cheap and all can go | As fighters we are aware of the fact |
The rich and poor are there | That we may go to jail |
No second class aboard this train | But when you fight for freedom |
No difference in the fare | The Lord will go your bail |