# Whiskey Bill — Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp character guide

> Whiskey Bill in Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp by John A. Lomax.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Comes Whiskey Bill, Poor Whiskey Bill, Bill

**First appearance:** 0064-whiskey-bill-a-fragment

## Who they are

A drunken cowboy in a fragmentary poem.

## In the story

### [I Want My Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_the_cattle_trail_and_cow_camp_se/chapters/i-want-my-time)

Addressed as 'Bill' in the final line, asked for tobacco.

### [Whiskey Bill—A Fragment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_the_cattle_trail_and_cow_camp_se/chapters/whiskey-bill-a-fragment)

The titular character, a drunken and violent figure who storms down the road with a gun, eliciting both fear and sympathy.

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