In the Dodge Yards of the Santa Fe Stood a freight made up for the And the with his oil and waste Was groomin' the great iron While ten back in the murky dust A boxcar door wide And a hobo lifted his pal To start on his last ride
A lantern swung and the pulled out The engine, it gathered The engineer pulled the throttle And clucked to his steed
Ten back in the empty box The rolled a pill The flare of the match showed his partner's white and deathly still As the train wheels on the couplin' joints A for the rambler's ear The hobo talked to the still white His pal for many a
(Spoken) For a long time, we've rambled, Jack the luck of men that roam With the backdoor steps for a room And a for a home We dodged the bulls on the route And the cops on the We the Leadville narrow gauge In the of Cripple Creek We drifted down sunny Cal On the of that old S. P. And of all you had, thru and bad A always belonged to me You made me to you Jack If I lived, and you in To take you back to the old yard And bury you there with kin You seemed to know I would my word 'Cause you said I was right Well, I'm keepin' my to you, pal 'Cause I'm you home tonight I haven't the money to you there So, I'm you back on the fly the decent way for a 'bo to go to the by and by I knew that fever had you, Jack And doctor, he just wouldn't come He was too treatin' the wealthy folks To doctor a bum
As the train rolled over its of steel thru to the East it sped The engineer in his cab seat Kept his eye on the ahead While ten cars back in the box A lonely hobo For the days of old and his pal, so Who was takin' his last long