In the Dodge City of the Santa Fe Stood a made up for the east And the engineer his oil and waste Was groomin' the great iron While ten back in the murky dust A door swung wide And a hobo his pal aboard To start on his last long
A lantern swung and the pulled out The engine, it speed The engineer pulled the wide And clucked to his fiery
Ten cars in the empty box The rolled a pill The of the match showed his partner's face white and deathly still As the train wheels clicked on the couplin' A song for the ear The talked to the still white form His pal for a year
(Spoken) For a mighty long time, we've rambled, With the luck of men that With the backdoor for a dining room And a for a home We dodged the on the Eastern route And the cops on the We travelled the Leadville gauge In the days of Cripple We drifted down thru Cal On the rails of old S. P. And of all you had, thru and bad A always belonged to me You me promise 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 keep my word 'Cause you said I was right Well, I'm keepin' my to you, pal 'Cause I'm takin' you home I haven't the to send you there So, I'm you back on the fly It's the way for a 'bo to go to the by and by I knew that fever had you, Jack And that doctor, he just come He was too busy the wealthy folks To doctor a bum
As the rolled over its ribbons of steel Straight thru to the East it The engineer in his cab seat Kept his eye on the rails While ten cars in the empty box A lonely hobo For the days of old and his pal, so Who was takin' his last long