The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #2926   Message #47164
Posted By: Joe Offer
29-Nov-98 - 01:59 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Face on the Barroom Floor (Monologue)
Subject: RE: Face on the Barroom Floor
T.R., I did quite a bit of research on this, and all credible sources credited the poem to Hugh Antoine D'Arcy. It appears it was first printed in 1887, but I have not been able to confirm that date. The attribution to Robt. Service is clearly mistaken.
-Joe Offer-