Train Your Child

"Train Your Child"
Single by Washington Phillips
RecordedDallas, Texas, December 4, 1928
GenreGospel blues
Length3:09
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Washington Phillips
Producer(s)Frank B. Walker[1]

"Train Your Child" was recorded in 1928 by Washington Phillips (1880–1954).[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.