This Train Is a Clean Train

National Heritage Fellow Elder Roma Wilson is a Pentecostal preacher and a self-taught harmonica player and gospel singer. He began preaching and playing in Mississippi in 1929 before moving to Detroit in 1940. He eventually returned to Mississippi in the 1970s. He was “discovered” in the 1980s and began to appear at music festivals including the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. This collection of music, released in 1995, includes his earliest known recordings from a 1948 session. On December 10, 2017, Wilson turned 107 years old.

Track Listing

101	Ain't It a Shame	Elder Roma Wilson	02:23
102	Give Me My Flowers While I Live	Elder Roma Wilson	03:42
103	This Train is a Clean Train (1)	Elder Roma Wilson	03:11
104	The Lord Will Make a Way, Yes He Will	Elder Roma Wilson	04:35
105	My Lord's Gonna Move This Wicked Race	Elder Roma Wilson	04:30
106	Gonna Wait Till a Change Come	Elder Roma Wilson	02:44
107	Lily of the Valley (Stand By Me)	Elder Roma Wilson	03:12
108	Better Get Ready	Elder Roma Wilson	03:17
109	Trouble Everywhere	Elder Roma Wilson	02:39
110	Got Just What I Wanted	Elder Roma Wilson	03:03
111	This Train	Elder Roma Wilson	03:06
112	Climbing Jacob's Ladder	Elder Roma Wilson	02:21
113	I Don't Care What Skeptics Say	Elder Roma Wilson	02:06
114	Death Ain't Nothing but a Thief and a Robber	Elder Roma Wilson	01:49
115	Get Away Jordan	Elder Roma Wilson	03:21
116	I'm So Glad, Trouble Won't Last Always	Elder Roma Wilson	05:46
117	Amazing Grace	Elder Roma Wilson	04:55
118	Motherless Children	Elder Roma Wilson	04:12
119	Have You Tried Jesus - He's Alright	Elder Roma Wilson	03:50
120	This Train is a Clean Train (2)	Elder Roma Wilson	04:38