1930’s wandering troubadour Trinket Pills (? - 1939) scored a brief hit on the Wichita charts with his plaintive Ballad of Joey Nickelpuss:
Th’ evil alley boys taunted him,We’re bringing back ‘ole Young Joey Nickelpuss. A generation of children need a hero for these lean times.
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