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Hank Snow
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In the Dodge City yards of the Sante Fe
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Stood a freight made up for the east
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And the engineer with his oil and waste
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Was groomin' the great iron beast;
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While ten cars back in the murky dust
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A box-car door swung wide
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And a hobo lifted his pal aboard
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To start on his last, long ride;
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A lantern swung and the freight pulled out
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The engine it gathered speed
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The engineer pulled the throttle wide
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And clucked to his fiery steed;
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Ten cars back in the empty box
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The hobo rolled a pill
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The flare of the match showed his partners' face
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Stark white and deathly still;
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As the train wheels clicked on the couplin' joints
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A song for the ramblers' ears
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The hobo talked to the still, white form
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His pal for many a year;
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For a mighty long time we've rambled, Jack
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With the luck of men that roam
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With the back door steps for a dining room
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And the boxcar for a home;
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We dodged the bulls on the eastern route
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And the cops on the Chesapeake
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We traveled the Leadville Narrow Gauge
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In the days of Cripple Creek;
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We drifted down through sunny Cal
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On the rails of the old S. P.
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And of all you had, through good and bad
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A half always belonged to me;
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You made me promise to you, Jack
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If I lived and you cashed in
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To take you back to the old churchyard
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And bury you there with your kin;
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You seemed to know I would keep my word
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For you said that I was wise
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Well, I'm keepin my promise to you, pal
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Cause I'm takin' you home tonight;
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I hadn't the money to send you there
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So I'm takin' you back on the 'fly'
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It's the decent way for a Bo to go
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Home to the by and by;
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I knew that fever had you, Jack
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And that doctor just wouldn't come
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He was too busy treatin' the wealthy folks
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To doctor a worn out bum;
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As the train rolled over it's ribbon of steel
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Straight through to the east it sped
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The engineer in his high cab seat
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Keep his eyes on the rails ahead;
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While ten cars back in the empty box
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The lonely hobo sighed
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For the days of old and his pal so cold
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Was taking his last long ride.
Hank Snow / The Last Ride
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