"Tragic Romance" is one of the most popular of the old country songs still being sung. The tune is almost the same as the recording by G.B. Grayson of "Omie Wise". The Morris Brothers, who recorded this early on, were the first to employ both Don Reno and Earl Scruggs. The song was recorded by Cowboy Copas (1946), Morris Brothers (Wiley and Zeke) (1946), Lilly Brothers and Don Stover (1957), Stanley Brothers (1960), Dian & The Greenbriar Boys (1963), Reno and Smiley (1964), Grandpa Jones (1964), Buck Ryan & Smitty Irvin (1965), Mac Wiseman (1966), Porter Wagoner (1967), Stonewall Jackson (1968), Stompin' Tom Connors (1970), Doc Watson, Merle Watson with Eric Weissberg (1971), Red Rector (1973), Bobby Atkins & The Countrymen (1986), Hank Snow (1991), The Osborne Brothers (1991), Tim & Mollie O'Brien (1994) and David Grisman with Alan O'Bryant 2003. It was printed in Cohen, Seeger and Wood's Old Time String Band Songbook (1964) (Previously published as The New Lost City Ramblers Songbook).