I had a question in another thread that for some reason got closed and referenced to here - so this will probabably get buried due to the thread title, but I'll try

I was just trying to get some history and origin info on "900 Miles", some of which I find here but I'm trying to verify if its a trad song or not - I'm told that Woody wrote it, but dont' believe so and the info here seems to substantiate that - which is correct?

And what I really need to know is if its copyrighted or in public domain - any help appreciated

Lane