Barrel House

The barrel-house told me, my baby caught that train 'n gone ❋ Elmore James (1960)

The barrel-house told me, my baby caught that train 'n gone. ❋ Elmore James (1960)

None so low in the barrel-house, the gambling hell or the brothel as to breathe a word against her good name; but when we turn to the Baptist pulpit there we find an inhuman monster clad in God's livery, saying, "Unclean, unclean!" ❋ Unknown (1919)

It likewise means a sinful waste of good wine, for when a crowd of men belly a bar and pour stimulants into themselves as swine absorb swill it really matters little whether they drink Pomeroy See or barrel-house booze. ❋ Unknown (1905)

I note that the Wrong-Reverend E.H. Harman, formerly presiding elder of the Methodist church at Brenham, but given the grand bounce for getting too gay at Galveston, where, in company with another sanctified ministerial hypocrite named Wimberly, he had "a hot time in the old town," with hacks, harlots and barrel-house booze, has been converted to the Christian (or Campbellite) faith and proposes to preach. ❋ Unknown (1905)

It has an irresistible swing that's pushed along by the barrel-house piano and plucked acoustic guitar. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the bottom of his heart he knew that when drink and no money should finally force him to release his relaxing hold upon his fashionable clubs, upon luxurious attire and habits, he would suddenly and with accelerated speed drop into the abyss -- We have all caught glimpses of that abyss -- frayed fine linen cheaply laundered, a tie of one time smartness showing signs of too long wear, a suit from the best kind of tailor with shiny spot glistening here, patch peeping there, a queer unkemptness about the hair and skin -- these the beginnings of a road that leads straight and short to the barrel-house, the park bench, and the police station. ❋ Unknown (1911)

"Who d 'you think is running this bridge, you barrel-house bum? ❋ Robert Ames Bennet (1912)