Train Your Child

"Train Your Child"
Single by Washington Phillips
A-side "I Am Born to Preach the Gospel"
Format 10" 78rpm single
Recorded December 4, 1928; Dallas, TX
Genre Gospel blues
Length 3:09
Label Columbia 14448-D
Writer(s) Washington Phillips
Producer(s) Frank B. Walker [1]
Washington Phillips singles chronology
"Jesus Is My Friend" / "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today" "I Am Born to Preach the Gospel" / "Train Your Child" "A Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter" / "I've Got the Key to the Kingdom"

"Train Your Child" was recorded in 1928 by Washington Phillips (18801954).[2] It is remarkable in that it divides into two distinct parts: (1) a spoken homily by him about child-rearing, and (2) an instrumental solo in gospel blues style on his unique zither-like instrument.

The homily comments on the Book of Proverbs (attributed to King Solomon) at 22:6:

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Recordings

References

  1. Corcoran, Michael (December 29, 2002). "Exhuming the Legend of Washington Phillips". Austin Statesman. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  2. "Washington Phillips discography". wirz.de. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
  3. George Washington Phillips: Train Your Child at AllMusic. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
  4. Washington Phillips: Train Your Child at AllMusic. Retrieved August 26, 2015.


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