2/3 of the song (beginning with "the engine with human blood") is taken from an American folk ballad with an unknown author. Not sure when it was written, but there's several versions - you can check them out here:
http://everything2.com/e2node/The%2520Hell-Bound%2520Train
2/3 of the song (beginning with "the engine with human blood") is taken from an American folk ballad with an unknown author. Not sure when it was written, but there's several versions - you can check them out here: http://everything2.com/e2node/The%2520Hell-Bound%2520Train
Pretty cool song.