# Who Put the Bullet Hole in Peggy's Kitchen Wall?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 16, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-put-the-bullet-hole-in-peggys-kitchen-wall/596537 "2011-09-16T17:45:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Levolor\_the\_Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@Levolor\_the\_Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Levolor_the_Blind)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-put-the-bullet-hole-in-peggys-kitchen-wall/596537/1 "2011-09-16T17:45:12Z")

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Per this song: [Bruce Cockburn 11-13-09: Peggy's Kitchen Wall - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USXlmxRQKU4)

I remember when the album came out that the song referred to a real event, but intense internet research (five minutes with Google) gives me nothing.

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**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-put-the-bullet-hole-in-peggys-kitchen-wall/596537/2 "2011-09-16T21:51:47Z")

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I saw Bruce Cockburn on that tour and remember a very long story explaining “If I had a rocket launcher”, but don’t remember an introduction to this one. (Of course it was a very long time ago!)

He also didn’t play Tokyo the whole concert, and of course we were all calling for it in the encores. He did three encores, none of which was Tokyo.

Not that any of this answers your question. It’s just nice to talk about Bruce Cockburn.