“Cocaine Lil”

Description

Cocaine Lil "lived in Cocaine town on Cocaine Hill, She had a cocaine dog and a cocaine cat..." and other equally drug-afflicted possessions. One night, after a party, she "took another sniff and it knocked her dead"; her tombstone testifies to her habit

Cross references

• cf. "Willy the Weeper" (tune)
• cf. "Cocaine Blues (I)" (subject) and references there

References

1. PBB 114, "Cocaine Lil and Morphine Sue" (1 text)
2. Sandburg, p. 206, "Cocaine Lil" (1 text, tune referenced)
3. DT, COKELIL
4. Roud #9543
5. BI, PBB114