Harry Lyle's Last Train Ride

DESCRIPTION: "On a cold and dark stormy evening Just before the close of day, There came Harry Lyle and Dillard, And with Anderson they rode away." They travel far, then the train goes off the rail into the river. Harry suffers a fatal head wound. Listeners are warned
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1966 (Burton/Manning-EastTennesseeStateCollectionVol1)
KEYWORDS: train wreck death
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Burton/Manning-EastTennesseeStateCollectionVol1, pp. 72-73, "Harry Lyle's Last Train Ride" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #7127
File: BuMa072

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