Wreck at Maud, The (Al Bowen)

DESCRIPTION: "Christmas had come, and the morning was dark, The moon had hidden her face" when engineer Al Bowan started for work. He bids his mother goodbye. A switching error puts another train on his track; he is killed in the wreck
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (McIntosh-FolkSongsAndSingingGamesofIllinoisOzarks)
KEYWORDS: train wreck mother
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Dec 23, 1904 - the Maud wreck (so Cohen; McIntosh-FolkSongsAndSingingGamesofIllinoisOzarks says Dec. 24, 1905)
FOUND IN: US(MW,So)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
McIntosh-FolkSongsAndSingingGamesofIllinoisOzarks, pp. 14-16, "The Wreck at Maud" (3 partial texts which together constitute a fairly complete version; 1 tune)
Abrahams/Riddle-ASingerAndHerSongs, pp. 81-82, "Al Bowen" (1 text, 1 tune)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, pp. 452-453, "The Maud Wreck" (1 text)
Cohen-LongSteelRail, p. 272, "Maud Wreck" (notes only)
Roud #3518
File: LSRa272H

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