The Gospel Train (Get on Board)
First recording and first release by Tuskegee Institute Singers (February 14, 1916 / May 1918)
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The Gospel Train (Get on Board) written by [Traditional] – Lyricization
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aka "Get Along Home, Cindy". A North Carolina folk song using the tune of "Gospel Train (Get on Board)". It is included in elementary school songbooks as an example for folk music. An early version is found in Anne Virginia Culbertson's collection of folk tales, "At the Big House, where Aunt Nancy and Aunt 'Phrony Held Forth on the Animal Folks" (Bobbs-Merrill, 1904).
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