“Peggy Howatt”
Description
Howatt, a barkeep, is shot and killed by "a brave engineer." When St. Peter declines to admit Howatt, the late bartender replies with obscenity and scorn.
Notes
Jim "Peggy" [from his wooden leg] Howatt sold liquor in Joplin, Mo., Picher, Okla., and Pittsburg, Kansas, until his death from tainted moonshine about 1924.
Annotator Legman posits this topical satire, sung to a set of the melody of "Casey Jones," was written by the composer of that ballad, Wallace Saunders. - EC
Cross references
- cf. "Casey Jones (I)" [Laws G1] (tune)
References
- Randolph-Legman I, pp. 468-470, "Peggy Howatt" (2 texts, 1 tune)
- BI, RL468