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 (1880–1954).[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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