"Wreck of the Old 97"はRoud Folk Song Indexの777番目に収録されている。

このバラードでは事故の責任は鉄道会社がスティーブ・ブローディー (Steve Broady) に圧力をかけたこと（これにより制限速度を超過した）にあると明言している。歌詞（ダルハート版）は以下のように始まっている。"Well, they handed him his orders in Monroe, Virginia, saying, 'Steve, you're way behind time; this is not 38 it is Old 97, you must put her into Spencer on time.'"
類似性など

1865年の歌The Ship that Never Returned（en:The Ship that Never Returned）の詩とメロディの類似性などもあり、このバラードは複雑な著作権訴訟の焦点となった。

また、The Ship that Never Returnedやこのバラードは、カントリー・ミュージックに影響を与えた[3]。Charlie on the MTA（en:M.T.A. (song)）などがある。
歌詞

Well they gave him his orders in Monroe Virginia
Sayin' Steve you're way behind time
This is not 38, this is ole' 97
You must put her into Spencer on time

So he turned around and said to his black greasy fireman
To shovel on a little more the coal
And when we cross that White Oak Mountain
You can watch ole' 97 roll

It's a mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville
It's a line on a three mile grade
It was on that grade that he lost his airbrakes
You can see what a jump he made

He was goin' down that grade makin' 90 miles an hour
When his whistle broke into a scream
He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle
Scalded to death by the steam

So ladies you must take warnin'
From this time on and learn
Never speak harsh words to your true lovin' husbands
They may leave you and never return

I said ladies you must take warnin'
From this time on and learn
Never speak harsh words to your true lovin' husbands
They may leave you and never return, They may leave you and never return
脚注^ ⇒Deathly Lyrics: The Wreck of the Old 97, The Blue Ridge Institute and Museum
^ ⇒Vernon Dalhart, Nashville Songwriters Foundation
^ Scott, Alfred P. (1965年). “ ⇒Wreck of the Old 97: The Origins of a Modern Traditional Ballad” (pdf). 2011年11月25日閲覧。

外部リンク

⇒Mark Daniel Jones - Witness of Wreck

⇒Historic Marker

⇒Wreck of the Old 97

⇒Wreck of the Old 97 lyrics by Larry W. Jones - Kingwood Kowboy

⇒Wreck of the Old 97 song audio

⇒Biography of Fred Jackson Lewey

⇒audio and label of release on Herwin Records label

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