Keep the baby quiet...

First heard this singualrly creepy song as an Elvis Costello cover.



Written in 1966 by Leon Payne, inspired by the University of Texas shootings in Austin. Received some radio time in '68 for Eddie Noack's version, then in '73 when Kittel did it.

It reminded me of the (much hated) Bill Anderson (aka Whispering Bill) songs that my mother listened to in 1966, after she left my father.