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
Songwriter(s)	Washington Phillips
Producer(s)	Frank B. Walker
Washington Phillips singles chronology
"Jesus Is My Friend" / "String Module Error: Match not found" (String Module Error: Match not found) "I Am Born to Preach the Gospel" / "String Module Error: Match not found" (String Module Error: Target string is empty) "A Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter" / "String Module Error: Match not found" (String Module Error: Match not found)
"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). 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 :

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

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