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Hank Snow
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In the Dodge City Yards of the Santa 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 boxcar 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 partner's 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 rambler's ear
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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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(Spoken)
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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 backdoor steps for a dining room
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And a 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 travelled the Leadville narrow gauge
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In the days of Cripple Creek
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We drifted down thru sunny Cal
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On the rails of that old S. P.
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And of all you had, thru 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 church yard
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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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'Cause you said that I was right
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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 haven'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 that fever had you, Jack
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And that doctor, he 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 its ribbons of steel
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Straight thru to the East it sped
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The engineer in his high cab seat
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Kept his eye on the rails ahead
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While ten cars back in the empty box
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A lonely hobo sighed
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For the days of old and his pal, so cold
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Who was takin' his last long ride
Hank Snow / The Last Ride
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