Little Black Train Songtext / Lyric

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 ballroom lady

All dressed in the worldly pride

That death's dark train is comin'

Prepare to take a ride



God sent to Hezekiah

A message from on high

You'd better set your house in order

'For you must surely die






He turned to the wall and, weeping

We see him hear in tears

He got his business fixed all right

God spared him fifteen years



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



See that train with engine?

And one small baggage car

Your idle thoughts and wicked deeds

Will stop at the judgment bar



Oh, the man in darkness

Cares not for the gospel light

Till he suddenly heard the whistle blow

With the little black train in sight



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.