 In "Mad" #10 (April 1954), the poem was illustrated by Jack Davis and Basil Wolverton, the latter doing a face that is kin to his "Lena the Hyena" .The poem was put to song by country music stars Tex Ritter for his 1959 "Blood on the Saddle" album and Hank Snow on his "Tales of the Yukon" album (1968).The poem was the inspiration for "The Face on the Barroom Floor" painting by Herndon Davis in the Teller House Bar in Central City, Colorado, and that painting inspired a chamber opera by Henry Mollicone.