The Covered Wagon

Since readers seemed to enjoy Bill Haley's "Candy and Women," we now add another of his pre-rock'n'roll songs, which qualifies--by a couple of lines on Native Americans, and a general reckless disregard for human and animal life--for our category of pre-PC weirdness.

"Pappy wound up with four deuces, and the squaw with six papooses."

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Alex Boese Alex is the creator and curator of the Museum of Hoaxes. He's also the author of various weird, non-fiction, science-themed books such as Elephants on Acid and Psychedelic Apes. Paul Di Filippo Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over forty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. Contact Us

Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 29, 2012
Category: History | Music | Stereotypes and Cliches | 1940s | Native Americans

Comments

That was a great little song but here's the topper....
Watch This There are some old photos there too.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 09/30/12 at 12:55 AM

Great find, Expat!

Posted by Paul on 09/30/12 at 10:34 AM

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