“Dobie Bill (Dobe Bill, The Killer)”
Description
"Dobie Bill, he came a-riding from the canyon, in the glow." Arriving in Santa Fe, he enters a bar and finds "Blake, the killer." In the fight that follows, Bill kills Blake, reports he has "made the scoundrel pay," and goes his way
Notes
Cisco Houston had a tune for this (sung also by Art Thieme). It's not clear where they found it, though; the Lomaxes had their version as a poem from _Wild West Weekly_.
As "The Killer," this is item dB43 in Laws's Appendix II. - RBW
Recordings
- Art Thieme, "Dobie Bill" (on Thieme03)
References
- Lomax-ABFS, pp. 403-404, "The Killer" (1 text)
- DT, THEKILLR
- Roud #4046
- BI, LxA403