# Who was Daddy Klaxton? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-daddy-klaxton/190756 "2003-07-24T23:43:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![herman\_and\_bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f1d935/32.png) [@herman\_and\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herman_and_bill)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-daddy-klaxton/190756/1 "2003-07-24T23:43:30Z")
In the song… Wabash Cannonball last verse Here’s to Daddy Klaxton May his name forever stand Will he be remembered Through parts of all our land His earthly race is over And the curtain 'round him falls We’ll carry him on to victory On the Wabash Cannonball ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-daddy-klaxton/190756/2 "2003-07-25T01:32:23Z")
Since I could find nothing under Daddy Klaxton on Google, I tried “Claxton.” First site gave me the following. The song was released in 1938, and though not recorded, there were several additional verses written which identified Daddy Claxton as the engineer of the Wabash Cannonball. No actual person is known to have existed. One clue to his identity may lay in this. The song was written and performed by Mr. Roy Claxton Acuff… Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-daddy-klaxton/190756/3 "2003-07-25T01:32:28Z")
Hint for anyone who cares to search. Try “Daddy Claxton” as opposed to ‘klaxton.’