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Walter Peabody

from The Hi​-​Fis 6 x 5 by The Hi-Fis

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THE BALLAD OF WALTER PEABODY

On a cold night in a pouring rain the stranger came to town
And he walked into the ‘Slipper’ and he laid his money down
And with one hand on his pistol and one hand on his knife
He said, “Only two things scare me boys, high places, and my wife.”
And everyone stood bug-eyed the stranger there, to see;
Then he said his name was Walter, Walter Peabody

Now Walter sold insurance and he sold insurance hard
He would catch you in the driveway or surprise you in your yard
And scare you with statistics, “If you’re fit and fifty three,
Two percent of you will die this year,” said Walter Peabody
So you’d lay awake in bed all night and wonder, “Is it me?”
His last words ringing in your ears, “Call Walter Peabody.”

Now Walter’s wife and helpmeet was a big girl, name of Sue
And she was always watching him; Her eyes a steely blue
Once she tried to have him sign up for a great big policy
“Perhaps another time my dear,” said Walter Peabody
When he found the half-burned paper then he understood her plan
Thirty times his name she’d written there in the likeness of his hand

Poor Walter met his end one night up working on the roof
Some say it was no accident, but alas, there was no proof
They say Sue took it pretty hard
She up and moved away
To a mansion in the south of France
She lives there to this day
And she took along the ladder—hung it up for all to see
“It reminds me of my Walter,” she says,
Mr. Walter Peabody.”

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from The Hi​-​Fis 6 x 5, released September 27, 2019

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