<emph>The Wreck on the Highway:</emph> Electronic Edition. Performed by Dorsey Dixon Funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this title. Text transcribed by Monique Prince Text encoded by Elizabeth S. Wright First edition, 2003 ca. 7K Academic Affairs Library, UNC-CH University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003.

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 The Wreck on the Highway Performed by Dorsey Dixon 1 p. Call number FC-785. General Collection/Sound Recordings (#30001) (Southern Folklife Collection, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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 Library of Congress Subject Headings English Ballads, English -- United States -- Texts. Ballads, English -- United States. Drinking and traffic accidents -- North Carolina -- Rockingham $ v Songs and music. Folk songs, English -- United States -- Texts. Folk songs, English -- United States. Textile factories -- North Carolina -- Songs and music. 2005-02-21, Celine Noel and Wanda Gunther revised TEIHeader and created catalog record for the electronic edition. 2003-09-09, Elizabeth S. Wright finished TEI-conformant encoding and final proofing. 2003-08-21, Elizabeth S. Wright finished TEI/SGML encoding 2003-07-17, Monique Prince finished scanning the text. The Wreck on the Highway Who did you say it was, brother? Who was it fell by the way? When whiskey and blood run together Did you hear anyone pray? The names I'm not able to tell you, But here is one thing I can say: Their whiskey and blood mixed together, But I didn't hear nobody pray. I didn't hear nobody pray, dear brother, I didn't hear nobody pray. I heard the crash on the highway, But I didn't hear nobody pray. When I heard the crash on the highway, I knew what it was from the start; I went to the scene of destruction A picture was stamped on my heart. Whiskey and glass all together, Was mixed up with blood where they lay. Death played her hand in destruction, But I didn't hear nobody pray. I didn't hear nobody pray, dear brother, I didn't hear nobody pray. I heard the crash on the highway, But I didn't hear nobody pray. I wish I could change this sad story That I am now telling you; But there's no way I can change it, Somebody's life is now through. Their soul has been called by the Master, They died in a crash on their way. I heard the groans of the dying, But I didn't hear nobody pray. I didn't hear nobody pray, dear brother, I didn't hear nobody pray. I heard the crash on the highway, But I didn't hear nobody pray. Please give up the game an' stop drinking, For Jesus is pleading with you. It cost him a lot in redeeming, Redeeming the promise for you. But it'll be too late if tomorrow In a crash you should fall by the way, With whiskey and blood all around you, And you can't hear nobody pray. I didn't hear nobody pray, dear brother, I didn't hear nobody pray. I heard the crash on the highway, But I didn't hear nobody pray.