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The Hobo Engineer
A uthor U n kn o w n
I sometimes think I’ll quit this life
And settle down and get a wife.
I’d like to have a place called home
And settle down, no more to roam.
But Gosh— that very thing I’ve tried
And found myself dissatisfied.
I’ve often tried to settle down
To office, work and live in town.
Take in the shows and dances too
And live like civilized folks do.
But I’d no more than get a start
Than the wanderlust would seize my
heart
And in my dreams at night I’d see
The "great white silence” calling me.
And to that summons I’d not fail
To bunch it all and hit the trail.
Back to the solitudes once more
With transit, level, rod and chain.
To do the same thing o’er and o’er
Day by day and week by week.
Led by grade, lines in. a chase
Where mankind sterns so out of place.
When we hit the great white way
Our joyful spirits get full sway
And we try to crowd into one lone
night
The joys of many months. ’Taint right.
But ’tis not for me
To judge man’s final destiny.
When our last survey is done
And tied into the Great Unknown.
And to the Chief the records brought,
O f lonely work with danger fraught.
O f hardships cheerfuly endured,
That best results might be secured.
Against all this our little sprees
Will seem as ponds compared to seas
And the angels surely will decide
That the balance is on the credit side.
And God, I hope, will shed a tear
And bless the Hobo Engineer.
Sometimes we go to town to seek
A little fun. And well—
Sometimes we raise a little hell.
We don’t mean to, but then, you see—
When we’ve been out two months or
three,
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