What is a song you know that references a (near) accident, a (near) catastrophe, a historical event, etc? See comments for examples: "We almost Lost Detroit" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".
That is a bit. Im only familiar with the Joan Baez cover, which I guess is properly called "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night", which is the version used for the theme song in the Joe Hill movie.