In the City Yards of the Santa Fe Stood a freight made up for the And the engineer his oil and waste Was the great iron beast While ten cars back in the murky A door swung wide And a hobo his pal aboard To on his last long ride
A lantern and the freight pulled out The engine, it gathered The engineer pulled the throttle And clucked to his fiery
Ten cars back in the box The hobo rolled a The of the match showed his partner's face white and deathly still As the train wheels clicked on the joints A for the rambler's ear The hobo to the still white form His pal for many a
(Spoken) For a mighty long time, we've rambled, the luck of men that roam With the backdoor steps for a dining And a boxcar for a We dodged the on the Eastern route And the on the Chesapeake We travelled the Leadville narrow In the of Cripple Creek We drifted down sunny Cal On the rails of old S. P. And of all you had, good and bad A always belonged to me You me promise to you Jack If I lived, and you in To take you to the old church yard And you there with your kin You seemed to I would 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 takin' you on the fly It's the way for a 'bo to go to the by and by I knew that that had you, Jack And doctor, he just wouldn't come He was too treatin' the wealthy folks To a worn-out 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 rails While ten back in the empty box A hobo sighed For the days of old and his pal, so Who was takin' his last long