A Stiff in the Drink

The guy went to the floor with a thunk
I pretended his corpse was a drunk
Though I weighted and bound it,
A bit later they found it
It was then that my fortunes were sunk.



Dana Andrews tries to dispose of the Mark Stevens' body in Where the Sidewalk Ends (Otto Preminger, 1950). Title by no longer wet-behind-the-ears Norm Knott.