Bill Peters, the Stage Driver

DESCRIPTION: "Bill Peters was a hustler From Independence town...." "Bill driv the stage from Independence... Thar warn't no feller on the route that driv with half the skill." Bill drives faster, stops less, and kills more than anyone, but at last he stops a bullet
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1910 (Lomax, Cowboy Songs)
KEYWORDS: travel death talltale
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, p. 60, "Bill Peters, the Stage Driver" (1 text)
Saffel-CowboyPoetry, pp. 194-195, "Bill Peters, the Stage Driver" (1 text)
Roud #8012
File: Saffe194

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