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.)
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.
Collection
Citation
“There's A Little Black Train A Coming,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed April 26, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/485.