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Thread #3441 Message #2178583
Posted By: GUEST
24-Oct-07 - 10:14 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Wreck of the 1262/1256
Subject: RE: Origins: Wreck of the 1262/1256
Somewhere I read/heard this verse, I thought it was from the Vernon Dalhart version, maybe it's shown earlier in the thread but I don't think so. I believe it was before the verse that starts "It's not the extent of the damage."
The engine was broken in pieces, The freight cars were thrown far and near A mile up the track lay the wreckage; 'Twas the worst wreck in many a year.