
Lyrics
(African American Spiritual)
Refrain
Git on board, little children, (repeat twice)
There’s room for many a-more.
The Gospel train’s a-comin’
I hear it close at hand
I hear the car wheels rumbling
And rolling through the land.
See also
- Culture: African American Spirituals
- Subject: trains
- Harmony: Orff arrangements / chords I IV V
- Melody: pentatonic / mi, re, do / low so & low la / D,E,G,A,B
- Rhythm: dotted half notes
- info about the song
YouTube
- Song with chords, Lesson ideas for Melody (low so & low la, mi-re-do, pentatonic), Student copies (Recorder notes D,E,G,A,B), 2 Orff Arrangements (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song

