BEN DEWBERRY'S FINAL RUN

Created on 18/01/2023
Latest update on 26/06/2023

Artist: Frankie Marvin
Author: Rev. Andrew Jenkins
Label: Brunswick
Year: 1928

Also for Supertone (as The Texas Ranger), Edison, Banner, Challenge, Conqueror, Oriole and Regal (as Frankie Wallace). Roud #14015. Trainwreck song based on facts (and written shortly after the fatal crash): In 1908 engineer Benjamin Dewberry's Southern Railway train derailed when some kids had laid a bolt on the rails, just to see what would happen.

Covers:

1928:

Jimmie Rodgers [for Victor]

1950:

Bill Monroe

1951:

Hank Snow

1982:

Johnny Cash

1982:

Jerry Douglas

1997:

Gillian Welch

1999:

Johnny Cash & June Carter

2002:

Steve Forbert

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