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When the Train Comes Along

from Better Late by Paul Davy

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The origin of these lyrics is a former slave plantation on St Helena Island, South Carolina. The earliest reference I’ve found is from 1909 (Religious Folk Songs of the Southern Negroes – Howard W Odum) but there are loads of versions in different styles from slow gospel to ragtime and heaven forbid country (Mississippi Fred McDowell, Henry Thomas, Uncle Dave Macon, Elizabeth Cotton, The Waterboys, etc). My interest was sparked by a reference to the chorus in Frog Music, the novel by Emma Donoghue. The lyrics are a composite; the tune is mine albeit ‘in the style of’.

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Chorus: When the train comes along, when the train comes along. I’ll meet you at the station, when
the train comes along. V1. I may be blind, I cannot see. I’ll meet you at the station, when the train comes
along. Chorus. V2. I marched on the shore, I cannot see. I’ll meet you at the station, when the train comes
along. Chorus. V3. If you see my mother, and she asks for me.I’ll gonna meet her at the station,
when the train comes along. Chorus. V4. If you see my father, and he asks for me.
I’m gonna meet him at the station, when the train comes along. Chorus.

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from Better Late, released September 10, 2015
Vocal and Guitar – Paul Davy
Backing Vocal – Thea Gilmore
Drums - Che Beresford
Percussion – Seadna McPhail
Bass – Nigel Stonier
Guitar – Nigel Stonier
Banjo – Nigel Stonier
Accordion – Alan Lowles
The Choir – Nigel Stonier, Helen Collier, Ben Davy, Jonathan Davy, Roy Pickering, Shelley Davies, Paul Davy

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