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General Information[]

Performer: The Carter Family
Instrumentation: Autoharp- Sara Carter, Guitar- Maybelle Carter
Date of recording: 1929
Record label: Victor
Serial #:40089B

Summary[]

(As summarized by Harry Smith, The Anthology Of American Folk Music) "GEORGIE RUNS INTO ROCK AFTER MOTHER'S WARNING. DIES WITH THE ENGINE HE LOVES". (6)

Information On This Song[]

This Ballad is a rendition of The Wreck On The C&O.

Albums Featuring This Song[]

  • The Anthology Of American Folk Music
  • Diamonds In The Rough (album)
  • Black Diamond Express To Hell
  • On Border Radio
  • Lonesome Pine Special (album)
  • The Carter Family: 1927-1934
  • The Acme Sessions
  • In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain (album)
  • My Clinch Mountain Home (album)
  • Country And Folk Roots
  • Sunshine In The Shadows (album)
  • Country Music Legends (carter family)
  • Country Hit Parade: The Carter Family
  • Famous Country Music Makers (carter family)

Related Articles[]

  • Disaster Ballads

External Links[]

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