Railroads, Hoboes And Cowboys
Sing
that song about the railroads, sing that song about those old boxcars. How they
rumble, how they ramble - across the plains, through this land of ours. Oh, the
brakeman he's so faithful - keeping his eye right on the line.//
Chorus
1: And singing songs about railroads, before they're gone, before they're gone.
And singing songs about railroads, before they're gone - before they're gone.//
Sing that song about the hoboes,
sing a song about those restless men. With their whiskey and their tattered clothes
- they'll do a job for a day or so. See them gather 'round the campfire, doin'
a jig for Old Man Moon//
Chorus
2: And singing songs about hoboes, before they're gone, before they're gone. Now,
sing that song about the cowboys, sing a song about those western men.//
Get
along you little doggies - tall in the saddle in the dusty wind/They keep a cheerful
disposition, riding underneath the stars./
Chorus 3: And singing songs about cowboys, before they're gone, before they're
gone.
We all have our myths and
legends, we all have our precious childhood dreams. And the promise of a new day
- keeps us hoping for a better way. Like the brakemen and the hoboes - like those
cowboys way out west.
Chorus
4: We sing our songs about living - 'fore we're gone, before we're gone.
