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.