There's A Little Black Train A Coming

Title

There's A Little Black Train A Coming

Digital Object

Performer

Trusty, E.L.

Date Recorded

1937-09-11

AFS Number

1394B

AFC Collection

AFC 1937/001

AFC Catalog Record

Editor Note

The Lomaxes identified him as "Brother Elihu Trusty." The SSDI spells his first name "Elihue." Date is announced as being 9/11, not 9/12 as per AFS card.

Genre

sacred song

Instrumentation

vocal

State

Kentucky

County

Johnson

Town

Paintsville

Is Referenced by

Originally:
Lomax, John A., Alan Lomax, and Ruth Crawford Seeger. Our Singing Country: A Second Volume of American Folk Songs and Ballads. The Macmillan Company, 1941.
(Includes transcriptions.)  

Currently as:
Lomax, John A., Alan Lomax, and Ruth Crawford Seeger. Our Singing Country: A Second Volume of American Folk Songs and Ballads. Dover, 2000.

Citation

“There's A Little Black Train A Coming,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed December 9, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/485.