The Last Ride (Original Mix)-Hank Snow

[ti:The Last Ride] [ar:Hank Snow] [al:San Antonio Mama] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Last Ride (Original Mix) - Hank Snow [00:03.55]In the Dodge City Yards of the Santa Fe [00:06.44]Stood a freight made up for the east [00:08.40]And the engineer with his oil and waste [00:11.32]Was groomin' the great iron beast [00:13.78]While ten cars back in the murky dust [00:16.39]A boxcar door swung wide [00:19.00]And a hobo lifted his pal aboard [00:21.58]To start on his last long ride [00:23.84]A lantern swung and the freight pulled out [00:26.76]The engine it gathered speed [00:29.27]The engineer pulled the throttle wide [00:31.88]And clucked to his fiery steed [00:34.29]Ten cars back in the empty box [00:36.56]The hobo rolled uphill [00:39.00]The flare of the match showed his partner's face [00:41.67]Stark white and deathly still [00:44.12]As the train wheels clicked on the couplin' joints [00:46.70]A song for the rambler's ear [00:49.27]The hobo talked to the still white form [00:51.72]His pal for many a year [00:55.98]For a mighty long time we've rambled Jack [00:58.37]With the luck of men that roam [01:00.97]With the backdoor steps for a dining room [01:03.29]And a boxcar for a home [01:06.20]We dodged the bulls on the Eastern route [01:08.45]And the cops on the Chesapeake [01:11.11]We travelled the Leadville narrow gauge [01:12.97]In the days of Cripple Creek [01:16.09]We drifted down thru sunny Cal [01:18.42]On the rails of that old S P [01:21.25]And of all you had thru good and bad [01:23.87]A half always belonged to me [01:26.95]You made me promise to you Jack [01:28.69]If I lived and you cashed in [01:31.60]To take you back to the old church yard [01:33.83]And bury you there with your kin [01:36.66]You seemed to know I would keep my word [01:38.82]'Cause you said that I was right [01:41.14]Well I'm keepin' my promise to you pal [01:43.90]'Cause I'm takin' you home tonight [01:46.88]I haven't the money to send you there [01:48.78]So I'm takin' you back on the fly [01:51.65]It's the decent way for a 'bo to go [01:54.16]Home to the by and by [01:56.22]I knew that that fever had you Jack [01:58.13]And that doctor he just wouldn't come [02:00.72]He was too busy treatin' the wealthy folks [02:02.61]To doctor a worn-out bum [02:06.11]As the train rolled over it's ribbons of steel [02:08.78]Straight thru to the East it sped [02:11.07]The engineer in his high cab seat [02:13.67]Kept his eye on the rails ahead [02:15.97]While ten cars back in the empty box [02:18.72]A lonely hobo sighed [02:20.99]For the days of old and his pal so cold [02:23.71]Who was takin' his last long ride