i read this as a child,an at one time had it memerized an could repeat it from heart,the Book that i read it from was a gift an titled americas great poems, an the author was unknown,but only american poets an peoms are in the book,it is still in print an can be found in any book store,as i'm close to 50 now i knew the peom to be old 40yrs ago,i have never hard it as a song although i have the hell bound train also author unknown,that can be found it the same book.