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Casey Jones and the Widespread Folk Ballad Tale
The article recounts John Luther Jones known as Casey Jones, famed cannonball engineer, lauded by railroad men and a Black lay helper Wallace Sanders for inspiring the railroad ballad of Casey Jones. It details his fatal crash at Vaughn Mississippi, the song’s journey from a Canton Mississippi roundhouse tribute to a national hit, and later copyright disputes over the Wreck of Old 97 and other locomotive ballads.
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Elmorcott Watson
Heroio
Necro
Casey. Jones
John Luther Jones
Memphis
Tenn
Canton
Misa
Divnols Central
Casey Jones
Cayce
Millnois Central
Jackson
Water Valley
Miss
Mississippi
Tennessee
Danny
Casey Wal l
Wallace’ Sanders
Beaver
Mias
Casey
Wallace
Mistah
Hig Engira
Leya
Freman
Sim Webb
Lewis
Jones
Carey
Lewig
Cassy Jones
Migaissippi
Phere
Tieestown
Vaughn, Miss
Casey, Jones
Thevaidlay
Stu
Sim
Stm Webl
Raverse
Webb
Edward O'Malley
William Bosma
Homer Dnglish
Wallace Sanders
Sanders
Jackson, Mins
Causey Jones
Adventura Magazine
Hollywood Picture Company
Thia
TR. W. Gordon
New York World
Camden
N. J
David Graves George
George
Victor Talking Machine Company
Robert 3. Nase
Plushing
L. L
Minatrea J. Fulton
Richmond
Southern Railway
Frank Wa Junction
Hill Blijles
Nathan Burkan
New York
Lews le Bue
Victor
Iichmond
Acty Forth
T. W. Gordon
Harvard
Frederick Laney
Lynchburg
Carl Noel
Danwell
Vhs Wreck
Henry Whitter
General Phono-graph Company
Victor Records