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Night Of the Johnstown Flood

Bruce Springsteen wrote:
Me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin'
Nothing feels better than blood on blood
Takin' turns dancin' with Maria
As the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood"
Is there a song call "Night of the Johnstown Flood"? I Googled the title but I got references back to the Springsteen song or the actual flood. Looked it up on AMG and came up with a single recording of a song call "Johnstown Flood". Can anybody tell me if it's a real song or did Bruce just invent it? If it's real, can you direct me towards a recorded version.

Thanks.
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ben_campbell
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Other link with some discussion which might be useful
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=22181#185901
ben_campbell
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Imagine being like Dpm2340 open minded regarding equipment and close minded regarding music.
Springsteen is an American treasure and massively important in the history of songwriting.
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onhwy61 OP
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Fatparrot, thanks for the link.

Viridian, very interesting!
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drubin
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You're joking, right?
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dpm2340
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are you sure he said johnstown? usually i can't understand him cause he sings through his nose. it took the whole born in the usa song just to get those three words across.
fatparrot
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Here's a link for the sheet music of 3 songs about the Johnstown Flood
tfkaudio
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Well, the song is "Highway Patrolman" from the album "Nebraska", but that's not what he's looking for, I think.
I'm sure there really is a song called "Night of the Johnstown Flood", but I don't know it...
vegasears
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Here's his web page link. I did not find it..

http://www.brucespringsteen.net/songs/index.html#N
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