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Now this is a story
Of a Railroad Engineer
At the mere age of twenty-one
He started his career
First to be a fireman
And then an engineer
In a little town called Palmerston
Not too far from here
In a little town called Palmerston
Not too far from here
They gave him a shovel
And a tender full of coal
And at midnight the Highball
She began to roll
The Engineer looked down on him
And said, "You're doing well
But shovel all that coal into
That firey-hell"
"But shovel all that coal into
That firey-hell"
He shoveled all the coal in
And swept the tender clean
Feeling a little tired
Feeling a little mean
But now the trip was over
And the engine put away
Book a little rest, and go to bed
To shovel another day
Book a little rest, and go to bed
To shovel another day
For twenty years he shoveled coal
And swept the tender clean
But now he is an Engineer
Not feeling quite so nean
Up behind the throttle
Blowing whistle, ring the bell
And looking on his fireman shoveling coal
Into that firey-hell
And looking on his fireman shoveling coal
Into that firey-hell
And then one bright and early morn
The telephone did ring
They ordered that old hogger
On an extra to Kincardine
And on his way to work that morn
No fireman he would have
For there's no coal to shovel up
In that diesel cab
For there's no coal to shovel up
In that diesel cab
Now this is a story
Of a Railroad Engineer
At the mere age of twenty-one
He started his career
First to be a fireman
And then an Engineer
In a little town called Palmerston
Not too far from here
In a little town called Palmerston
Not too far from here
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