This Train Is Bound for Glory  - Studio Sessions (Prarthana)

This Train Is Bound for Glory  - Studio Sessions (Prarthana)

This Train Is Bound for Glory is one of the most powerful spirituals in the public domain — a rolling anthem of faith, justice, and the journey toward salvation.

Rooted in the oral tradition of Black spirituals, this song emerged in the early 20th century, carried by church voices, railroad workers, and freedom singers. With a no-nonsense moral clarity, it lays out who gets to ride the train — not kings or liars, but the humble and righteous.

We’ve restructured this timeless classic with acoustic gospel soul and community harmonies — built for clapping hands, stomping feet, and raw baritone voices. No crowns needed. Just a steady heart and a soul ready to ride.

🎙️ This version uses only public domain lyrics — free to perform, record, and remix. Let the people sing.

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Public Domain Lyrics:

This train is bound for glory
This train
This train is bound for glory
This train
This train is bound for glory
Don't ride nothin’ but the righteous and the holy
This train is bound for glory
This train

This train don't carry no gamblers
This train
This train don't carry no gamblers
This train
This train don't carry no gamblers
Liars thieves or midnight ramblers
This train is bound for glory
This train

This train don’t carry no liars
This train
This train don’t carry no liars
This train
This train don’t carry no liars
Backbiters or two-faced buyers
This train is bound for glory
This train

This train is built for the humble
This train
This train is built for the humble
This train
This train is built for the humble
Not the proud who live in fumble
This train is bound for glory
This train

You don’t need a crown
Or a seat in high places
Just a heart that’s steady
And feet that know the rhythm of grace

This train is bound for glory
This train
This train is bound for glory
This train
This train is bound for glory
Ride it clean ride it surely
This train is bound for glory
This train

This train is bound for glory
This train

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Prarthana Maha Brown
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