[Fiji Hill]

Here are some disaster songs

• Casey Jones--Billy Murray & the American Quartet, 1910 (1900 train wreck)

• The Wreck of the Old 97--Vernon Dalhart, 1924 (1903 train wreck)

• The Storm That Struck Miami--Fiddlin' John Carson (1926 hurricane)

• The Mississippi Flood--Vernon Dalhart, 1927 (1927 flood)

• Dusty Skies--Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, 1941 (1930-1939 drought)

• The Wreck of the Titanic--Jeff Calhoun (Vernon Dalhrt), 1927 (1912 shipwreck)

• Little Marian Parker--Al Craver (Vernon Dalhart), 1928 (1927 kidnap-murder)

• The Wreck of the Shenandoah--Vernon Dalhart, 1925 (1925 airship crash)

• The Terrible Mississippi Flood--Arthur Fields, 1927 (1927 flood)

• Dust--The Sons of the Pioneers (with Roy Rogers), 1938 (1930-1939 drought)

[Emperor Palpatine]

Boy, you’re in a cheery mood tonight, hehehe!

I respectfully submit for your approval an addition to your fine list.....for its historic and artistic quality.

“De’ Titanic” by Leadbelly