| 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 |
