As I recall, Mousetheif, Dead in the Baggage Coach Ahead had a scenario like this:

In a passenger railroad coach in the middle of the night, there was a young father and a persistently crying baby. The crying annoyed other passengers, who crossly asked the father, "If you can't quiet that baby, its mother should! Where is she?"

The reply was in essence, "She's dead, in the baggage coach ahead." Whereupon the other women passengers took care of the baby.

Oh, I remembered one of my other favorites from those old records: "Can I sleep in your barn tonight, Mister?" A real tearjerker. I loved (and love) tearjerkers.

Dave Oesterreich