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You would need to know where and when it was first produced and whether they followed the necessary copyright laws for that time in that jurisdiction.
In this case, Hank Williams recorded this in the USA 1948, meaning it was probably composed that year or slightly earlier. To be copyrighted beyond 28 years it would have needed a renewal filing in the US Copyright Office (i.e., in 1975 or 76).
For example, in the database there is the following:
Date of Recordation: 1978-06-28
Entire Copyright Document: V1673P493-494
A Mansion on the hill / Writers: Hank Williams & Fred Rose. R619297 (1975)
along with 85 other documents indexed under that title.
If you're asking about RECORDINGS of the song, there is no recording of any music in the public domain if it was published in the USA, other than records by the US government. Works published prior to 1972 are covered only by state copyright, which doesn't expire until 2067.
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