Name: Train
Duration: P00H05M38S
Description: Adapted from “When the Train Come Along”, African American spiritual and “An Azynban” by Elyokum Zunser

Train

from Convergence by Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell

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Adapted from “When the Train Come Along”, African American spiritual and “An Azynban” by Elyokum Zunser

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When the train comes along, Lord
Gonna meet you at the station
When the train comes along.

A railroad train—a new one—has become Time,
Which carries passengers, both poor and rich.
Run, see this wonder—but all this in your mind
Because this is a parable regarding you.
We sit in the train cars—
The locomotive is Time.
It carries millions of people,
And it runs as if on coal, struggling…

When the train comes along etc..

Each train is a second
Each station is a generation
Each platform is an hour
Each train is a year.
The ticket that you hold in your wallet—
This is your fate, your itinerary, Your destination, and in which class.
This is determined by God, the train director.

When the train comes along etc..

At the train stations, they ring a little bell.
The conductors jump off.
The passengers run, each one with his luggage.
Many come on and many get off.
And if they tell you to get off, don’t negotiate.
Even though you are not a very old man.
Your ticket has expired, and you cry, for nothing.
So has decided God, the train director.

When the train comes along etc..

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from Convergence, released August 10, 2018
Arranged by Anthony Russell, Joshua Horowitz and Stuart Brotman
Anthony Russell, vocals
Joshua Horowitz, piano
Cookie Segelstein, fiddle
Stuart Brotman, cello

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Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell Atlanta, Georgia

Ten years after making his professional debut in the world premiere of Philip Glass's opera Appomattox, Anthony Russell is now a vocalist, composer and arranger specializing in Yiddish art and folk song.

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