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People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938

Various Artists

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Released: Feb 2008
Label: Tompkins Square
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    Titanic Blues
    Titanic Blues
    Hi Henry Brown & Charlie Jordan
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    2:54
    Wreck of the Old 97
    Wreck of the Old 97
    Skillet Lickers
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    3:21
    Bill Wilson
    Bill Wilson
    Birmingham Jug Band
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    3:31
    The Crash of the Akron
    The Crash of the Akron
    Bob Miller
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    3:06
    The Fate of the Talmadge Osborne
    The Fate of the Talmadge Osborne
    Ernest Stoneman
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    3:31
    El Mole Rachmin (Fur Titanik)
    El Mole Rachmin (Fur Titanik)
    Cantor Joseph Rosenblatt
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    2:59
    The Wreck of the Virginian
    The Wreck of the Virginian
    Alfred Reed
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    3:17
    Fate of the Will Rogers & Wiley Post
    Fate of the Will Rogers & Wiley Post
    Bill Cox
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    2:52
    Down With the Old Canoe
    Down With the Old Canoe
    Dixon Brothers
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    3:16
    Wreck of Number 52
    Wreck of Number 52
    Cliff Carlisle
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    3:07
    Kassie Jones, Part 1
    Kassie Jones, Part 1
    Furry Lewis
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    3:04
    Kassie Jones, Part 2
    Kassie Jones, Part 2
    Furry Lewis
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    3:16
    The Brave Engineer
    The Brave Engineer
    Carver Boys
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    3:48
    The Sinking of the Titanic
    The Sinking of the Titanic
    Richard "Rabbit" Brown
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    3:25
    Fate of Chris Lively And Wife
    Fate of Chris Lively And Wife
    Blind Alfred Reed
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    2:37
    Wreck on the Mountain Road
    Wreck on the Mountain Road
    Red Fox Chasers
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    2:26
    The Unfortunate Brakeman
    The Unfortunate Brakeman
    Kentucky Ramblers
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    2:37
    Altoona Freight Wreck
    Altoona Freight Wreck
    Riley Pucket
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    2:48
    The Fatal Wreck of the Bus
    The Fatal Wreck of the Bus
    Mainer's Mountaineers
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    Last Scene of the Titanic
    Last Scene of the Titanic
    Frank Hutchison
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    2:48
    Casey Jones
    Casey Jones
    Skillet Lickers
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    2:58
    The Wreck of the Westbound Airliner
    The Wreck of the Westbound Airliner
    Fred Pendleton
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    3:14
    The Titanic
    The Titanic
    Ernest Stoneman
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    2:57
    When That Great Ship Went Down
    When That Great Ship Went Down
    William & Versey Smith
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    3:07
    The Story of the Mighty Mississippi
    The Story of the Mighty Mississippi
    Ernest Stoneman
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    3:04
    Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
    Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
    Robert Hicks
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    2:59
    Dixie Boll Weevil
    Dixie Boll Weevil
    Fiddlin' John Carson
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    3:06
    Mississippi Boll Weevil
    Mississippi Boll Weevil
    Charlie Patton
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    3:27
    Ohio Prison Fire
    Ohio Prison Fire
    Bob Miller
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    3:03
    Memphis Flu
    Memphis Flu
    Elder Curry
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    3:21
    Explosion in the Fairmount Mine
    Explosion in the Fairmount Mine
    Blind Alfred Reed
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    3:02
    Storm That Struck Miami
    Storm That Struck Miami
    Fiddlin' John Carson
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    3:13
    When the Levee Breaks
    When the Levee Breaks
    Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
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    3:18
    Alabama Flood
    Alabama Flood
    Andrew Jenkins
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    3:02
    Burning of the Cleveland School
    Burning of the Cleveland School
    J.H. Howell's Carolina Hillbillies
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    3:07
    High Water Everywhere Part 1
    High Water Everywhere Part 1
    Charlie Patton
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    High Water Everywhere, Part 2
    High Water Everywhere, Part 2
    Charlie Patton
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    Ryecove Cyclone
    Ryecove Cyclone
    Martin & Roberts
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    2:52
    McBeth Mine Explosion
    McBeth Mine Explosion
    Cap, Andy & Flip
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    Dry Spell Blues
    Dry Spell Blues
    Charlie Patton
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    3:12
    Baltimore Fire
    Baltimore Fire
    Charlie Poole
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    Tennessee Tornado
    Tennessee Tornado
    Uncle Dave Macon
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    Dry Spell Blues, Part 2
    Dry Spell Blues, Part 2
    Son House
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    2:57
    The Santa Barbara Earthquake
    The Santa Barbara Earthquake
    Green Bailey
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    3:29
    The Death of Floyd Collins
    The Death of Floyd Collins
    Vernon Dalhart
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    2:33
    The Porto Rico Storm
    The Porto Rico Storm
    Carson Robison Trio
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    2:59
    Boll Weavil
    Boll Weavil
    W.A. Lindsey & Alvin Condor
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    3:14
    The Flood of 1927
    The Flood of 1927
    Elders McIntorsh & Edwards
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    3:24
    Peddler And His Wife
    Peddler And His Wife
    Hayes Shepherd
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    The Little Grave in Georgia
    The Little Grave in Georgia
    Earl Johnson
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    2:23
    Kenney Wagner's Surrender
    Kenney Wagner's Surrender
    Ernest Stoneman
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    3:09
    Henry Clay Beattie
    Henry Clay Beattie
    Kelly Harrell
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    The Murder of the Lawson Family
    The Murder of the Lawson Family
    Carolina Buddies
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    Naomi Wise
    Naomi Wise
    Clarence Ashley
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    2:59
    Railroad Bill
    Railroad Bill
    Will Bennett
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    Frankie
    Frankie
    Dykes Magic City Trio
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    Trial of Richard Bruno Hauptmann, Part 1
    Trial of Richard Bruno Hauptmann, Part 1
    Bill Cox
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    Trial of Richard Bruno Hauptmann, Part 2
    Trial of Richard Bruno Hauptmann, Part 2
    Bill Cox
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    2:50
    Lanse Des Belaires
    Lanse Des Belaires
    Dennis McGee & Ernest Fruge
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    Darling Cora
    Darling Cora
    B.F. Shelton
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    2:37
    Billy Lyons And Stack O' Lee
    Billy Lyons And Stack O' Lee
    Furry Lewis
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    Tom Dooley
    Tom Dooley
    Grayson and Whitter
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    The Story of Freda Bolt
    The Story of Freda Bolt
    Floyd County Ramblers
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    Pretty Polly
    Pretty Polly
    John Hammond
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    Fingerprints Upon the Windowpane
    Fingerprints Upon the Windowpane
    Bob Miller
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    3:08
    The Bluefield Murder
    The Bluefield Murder
    Roy Harvey & The North Carolina Ramblers
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    Frankie Silvers
    Frankie Silvers
    Ashley & Foster
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    3:11
    Fate of Rhoda Sweeten
    Fate of Rhoda Sweeten
    Wilmer Watts
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    3:29
    Dupree Blues
    Dupree Blues
    Willie Walker
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    Poor Ellen Smith
    Poor Ellen Smith
    Dykes Magic City Trio
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