Source: a 3-disk set called People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs, 1913-1938. It has a 1933 Bob Miller recording of a song by Francis Sims titled "Crash of the Akron."

CRASH OF THE AKRON
(Francis Sims, as recorded by Bob Miller)

Listen to this sad, sad story Of the Akron, queen of the air;
Once the triumph of the Navy, Now but a memory there.
We can always replace an aircraft, In beauty every way;
But we can't replace those brave souls Who lost their lives that day.

Seventy-three good men have perished, They all died at their post;
Seventy-three passed on to Glory Out on that Jersey Coast.
Our hearts cry with the families Of the gallant souls that are gone;
The seventy-three souls that perished, In that tragedy of the dawn.

[instrumental break - violin]

The Akron sailed from Lakehurst Seven-thirty Monday night,
An awesome silvery beauty That started on its flight;
An enraged element called lightning, With fury in its grip,
Destroyed what once was such beauty, Destroyed that noble ship.

Surely angels up in heaven, All wept as they looked on;
Weeping for the souls that perished, For those gallant souls that dawn.
Surely that great Judge in Heaven, As He sits upon His throne,
Will welcome these gallant heroes, Into His heavenly home.