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The Rev. J.M. Gates: Death's Black Train is Coming (1926)

Rev. J.M. Gates / Death's Black Train is Coming / Recorded: 1926 -- "Recording the Twenties: The Evolution of the American Recording Industry, 1920-29" by Allan Sutton (Mainspring Press - 2008): "Rev. Gates' first release on Columbia 'Death's Black Train' and 'Need of Prayer' issued in July 1926 sold so well that by the time Columbia decided to release its two remaining Gates sides in October, the initial pressing for that disc was increased to 34,052 copies, ten times the initial order for Gates' first disc. In Georgia, the Atlanta Phonograph Company announced that it was selling 1,000 of "Death's Black Train" per week and was finding it impossible to keep the record in stock. Sensing a lucrative and untapped market, talent scout Polk Brockman lost no time in signing Gates away from Columbia, passing him around to any label that could pay his fee." "Death's Black Train" surfaces not infrequently on both quality pressings from the major labels, and again on the inferior shellac of the smaller, shoe-string operations. DEATH'S BLACK TRAIN IS COMING There's a little black train a-comin Set your business right There's a little black train a-comin And it may be here tonight Go tell that ball room lady All dressed in the worldly pride That death's dark train is coming Prepare to take a ride God sent to Hezikai A message from on high You better set your house in order For you must surely die He turned to the wall in weeping We see and hear his tears He got his business fixed all right God spared him fifteen years We see that train with engine And one small baggage car Your idle thoughts and wicked deeds Will stop at the judgment bar That poor young man in darkness Cares not for the gospel light Til suddenly he hears the whistle blow And the little black train in site Have mercy on me lord Please come and set me right Before he got his business fixed The train rolled in that night ******************************