“Casey Jones (II)”
Description
In this bawdy parody of the familiar copyright song, Casey goes to a whorehouse and has sex with ninety-eight whores until his powers fail him. He takes a shot of whiskey, finishes the remaining two, and dies.
Notes
Legman offers extensive notes and an early bawdy text of the ballad dating to 1923 in Randolph-Legman I. - EC
Cross references
- cf. "Casey Jones (I)" [Laws G1] (tune, characters) and references there
References
- Cray, pp. 154-158, "Casey Jones" (2 texts, 1 tune)
- Randolph-Legman I, pp. 471-476, "Casey Jones" (6 texts, 1 tune)
- Roud #3247
- BI, EM154