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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
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Showed his partner's face
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Stark white and deathly still
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As the train wheels clicked
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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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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 dinin' 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 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 that old SP
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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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â€~Cause you said that I was right
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Well I'm keepin' my promise to you pal
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â€~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 home
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To the by and by
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I knew that that fever had you Jack
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And the doctor he just wouldn't come
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He was too busy treatin' wealthy folks
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To doctor a worn out bum
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As the train rolled over its ribbons
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of steel straight to the east it sped
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The engineer in his high cab seat
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Kept 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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Who was takin' his last long ride
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