Train Your Child

"Train Your Child"
Single by Washington Phillips
Format 78 rpm record
Recorded Dallas, Texas, December 4, 1928
Genre Gospel blues
Length 3:09
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Washington Phillips
Producer(s) Frank B. Walker [1]

"Train Your Child" was recorded in 1928 by Washington Phillips (18801954).[2] 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 22:6:

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

Recordings

  • 1928  Washington Phillips,[3][4] 78rpm single Columbia 14448-D

References

  1. Corcoran, Michael (December 29, 2002). "Exhuming the Legend of Washington Phillips". Austin Statesman. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  2. "Washington Phillips discography". wirz.de. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
  3. George Washington Phillips: Train Your Child at AllMusic. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
  4. Washington Phillips: Train Your Child at AllMusic. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
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