Killed at a Crossing
The Residents * Track #7 On The Ghost of Hope
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She often did typewriting,
Detective work and some
Sales of real estate while
Discreetly living under
Unassuming names
When the Wogglebug
A Pennsylvania train,
Ran into a Ford,
Mrs Robert Folwell
And Wilson Parker Page
Perished instantly
The body of Mister Page
Was carried a hundred feet
His arm was broken off
And back was shattered, too
Mrs Folwell's brains
Were scattered down the track
For quite a horrid distance
For each and all to see.
She often did typewriting,
Detective work and some
Sales of real estate while
Discreetly living under
Unassuming names
The coroner said that Page
Was worthless and incurred
Only a few postcards
Sent to him by girls
It seems that Mrs Folwell
Attempted suicide
She waded out ten feet
From the Allegheny shore
Though it was not deep
Her feet sank in the mire
Causing her to fall
Face first into the mud
Her maiden name was Soulsby
Before she came to wed
Folwell in Philadelphia
Then left him after one day
Living as his wife.
She often did typewriting,
Detective work and some
Sales of real estate while
Discreetly living under
Unassuming names
The Wogglebug did not
Decrease its speed until
It thrashed the errant auto
Leaving random relics
Like leaves after the wind
She called herself Mrs Orwell
And Mrs Burton Bain
And Arabella Campbell
And Mrs Arthur Payne
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When did The Residents release Killed at a Crossing?
The Residents released Killed at a Crossing on Fri Mar 24 2017.