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Get On Board Little Children

Biography:

Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991) known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American country and gospel singer and radio and television host. Today, he is best remembered for his hit recording of "Sixteen Tons".

Born in Bristol, Tennessee, to Clarence Thomas Ford and Maud Long, Ford began his radio career as an announcer at station WOPI in Bristol, leaving in 1939 to study classical music and voice at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.

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Tennessee Ernie Ford- Get on board, little children- 1872

[Verse 1]
G
The gospel train’s a-coming
D7
I hear it close at hand
G C
I hear the cart wheels movin’
D7 G
And rumblin’ through the land

[Chorus]
G C
Get on board, little children
G
Get on board, little children
C
Get on board, little children
C D7 G
There's room for many-a-more.

G C
Get on board, little children
G
Get on board, little children
C
Get on board, little children
C D7 G
There's room for many-a-more.

[Verse 2]
G
I hear the bell and whistle
D7
They’re comin’ round the curve
G C
She’s playin’ all her power
D7 G
And strainin’ every nerve

[Chorus]
G C
Get on board, little children
G
Get on board, little children
C
Get on board, little children
C D7 G
There's room for many-a-more.

G C
Get on board, little children
G
Get on board, little children
C
Get on board, little children
C D7 G
There's room for many-a-more.

[Verse 3]
G
No signal from another train
D7
To follow on the line
G C
Oh sinner, you’re forever lost
D7 G
With what you left behind

[Chorus]
G C
Get on board, little children
G
Get on board, little children
C
Get on board, little children
C D7 G
There's room for many-a-more.

G C
Get on board, little children
G
Get on board, little children
C
Get on board, little children
C D7 G
There's room for many-a-more.

[Verse 4]
G
I hear that train a comin'
D7
I hear her close at hand
G C
I hear those car wheels rumblin'
D7 G
And rollin' through the land.

[Chorus]
G C
Get on board, little children
G
Get on board, little children
C
Get on board, little children
C D7 G
There's room for many-a-more.

G C
Get on board, little children
G
Get on board, little children
C
Get on board, little children
C D7 G
There's room for many-a-more.

[Verse 5]
G
The fare is cheap and all can go
D7
The right and poor are there
G C
No second class upon this train
D7 G
No difference in the fare.

[Chorus]
G C
Get on board, little children
G
Get on board, little children
C
Get on board, little children
C D7 G
There's room for many-a-more.

G C
Get on board, little children
G
Get on board, little children
C
Get on board, little children
C D7 G
There's room for many-a-more.

[Verse 6]
G
There’s Moses, Noah and Abraham
D7
And all the prophets too
G C
Our friends in Christ are all on board
D7 G
Oh, what a Heavenly crew

[Chorus]
G C
Get on board, little children
G
Get on board, little children
C
Get on board, little children
C D7 G
There's room for many-a-more.

G C
Get on board, little children
G
Get on board, little children
C
Get on board, little children
C D7 G
There's room for many-a-more.

[Verse 7]
G
We’ll shout o’er all our sorrows
D7
And sing forever more
G C
With Christ and all His army
D7 G
On that celestial shore

[Chorus]
G C
Get on board, little children
G
Get on board, little children
C
Get on board, little children
C D7 G
There's room for many-a-more.

G C
Get on board, little children
G
Get on board, little children
C
Get on board, little children
C D7 G
There's room for many-a-more.