Hi, Carter.

No.

I once believed that all the songs on his "service albums" were authentic. That's certainly the impression one gets from the liner notes.

Over the years I've concluded that many are more or less traditional, others have been rewritten, and some are Brand originals.

Since "The Cyclone of Rye Cove" is a less familiar Carter Family song, and I've found no trace of "Wake Island" before Brand recorded it,
I'm strongly inclined to believe that "Wake Island" is Brand's alone.

The lyrics show up here and there on the 'Net unchanged.

The cyclone (tornado) by the way, hit southwestern Virginia on May 2, 1929.