▁ ▁During ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁Buck ley ▁performed ▁extens ively ▁for ▁armed ▁services ▁on ▁US O ▁t ours , ▁where ▁he ▁formed ▁a ▁last ing ▁friendship ▁with ▁Ed ▁S ull ivan . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁Buck ley ▁hit ▁his ▁st ride ▁with ▁a ▁combination ▁of ▁ex agger ated ly ▁arist ocr atic ▁bearing ▁and ▁carefully ▁en unci ated ▁rh yth mic ▁hip ster ▁sl ang . ▁He ▁was ▁known ▁for ▁we aring ▁a ▁w ax ed ▁must ache ▁along ▁with ▁white ▁tie ▁and ▁t ails . ▁ ▁He ▁sometimes ▁wore ▁a ▁p ith ▁hel met . ▁Occ asion ally ▁performing ▁to ▁music , ▁he ▁pun ctu ated ▁his ▁mon olog ues ▁with ▁sc at ▁singing ▁and ▁sound ▁effects . ▁His ▁most ▁significant ▁tracks ▁are ▁ret elling ▁of ▁historical ▁or ▁legend ary ▁events , ▁like ▁" My ▁O wn ▁Rail road " ▁and ▁" The ▁N azz ". ▁The ▁latter , ▁first ▁recorded ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 2 , ▁describes ▁Jesus ' ▁working ▁profession ▁as ▁" car p enter ▁k itt y ." ▁ ▁Other ▁historical ▁figures ▁include ▁Gand hi ▁(" The ▁H ip ▁G ahn ") ▁and ▁the ▁Mar quis ▁de ▁S ade ▁(" The ▁Bad - R apping ▁of ▁the ▁Mar quis ▁de ▁S ade , ▁the ▁King ▁of ▁Bad ▁C ats "). ▁He ▁ret old ▁several ▁classic ▁documents ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁G ett ys burg ▁Address ▁and ▁a ▁version ▁of ▁Ed gar ▁All an ▁Po e ' s ▁" The ▁R aven