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Thread #132385 Message #2994930
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
27-Sep-10 - 10:56 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Wreck of the Royal Palm (train wreck song
Subject: RE: Lyrics or Title for old train wreck song
The song was written by Rev. Andrew Jenkins (Blind Andy Jenkins), evangelist and newsboy, "a prolific writer of ballads, many of which have found their way into oral tradition...." Norm Cohen, Long Steel Rail.
A co-worker, Polk C. Brockman, took copyright in Jenkins name in 1927.
I presume the song is still under copyright.
Cohen also included Jenkin's Ben Dewberry's Final Run in Long Steel Rail.