“Tragic Romance” was written by Grandpa Jones, the country and bluegrass entertainer. Cowboy Copas recorded it in the mid-1940s, and the song helped establish Copas as a recording artist.
The song is a sentimental tale of love and loss. It tells of a romance broken by misfortune, in the plain, tearful manner of the older country ballads; the title states the case directly, a romance that ends in sorrow.
The song passed into the bluegrass repertoire, suited to its taste for heartbreak.
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