Wreck between New Hope and Gethsemane

DESCRIPTION: "Once two trains with mighty power running sixty miles an hour, 'Twas a fearful speed between midnight and day." The train of engineer Stergin is involved in a head-on collision on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
AUTHOR: Doc Hopkins, Karl Davis, Harty Taylor
EARLIEST DATE: 1936 (Hopkins/Davis/Taylor, _Mountain Ballads and Home Songs_)
KEYWORDS: train wreck
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Lyle-ScaldedToDeathByTheSteam, pp. 6-8, "The Wreck Between New Hope and Gethsemane" (1 text, 1 tune, a very poor reproduction of a printed edition); pp. 190-191 (1 text, 1 tune, a clearer reproduction)
Cohen-LongSteelRail, p. 274, "Wreck between New Hope and Gethsemane" (notes only)
Roud #14028
File: LSRa274O

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