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Mary Gauthier 





Steam Train Maury died last night


His wife Wanda by his side


Caught the Westbound out of here


Hopped the high irons to the by and by


They say he jumped ten thousand trains


Rode a million miles for free


Helped out at VA hospitals and penitentiary’s


Dandy Dave, Rusty Nails and Sweet Lady Sugar Cane


Dead Eye Kate and the Baloney Kid raise their cups tonight in Steam Train’s name


Senators, congressmen, puppets on a string


Among the windswept vagabonds Steam Train was the king


The last of the hobo kings, the last of the hobo kings





Now bums just drink and wander round


Tramps dream and wander too


But a hobo was a pioneer who preferred to work for food


He knew how his nation’s doing


By the length of a side walk cigarette butt


Born with an aching wanderlust


Embedded in his gut


Hounded, beaten, laughed at, broke


Chased out of every town


With a walking stick scepter


And a shredded coffee can crown


The last of the hobo king, the last of the hobo kings





The last free men are hoboes


Steinbeck said, and he paid cash


And the stories that he bought from them


Helped write the Grapes of Wrath


But boxcars have been sealed for years


And trespassers do time 


And the railroad yards are razor wired


And hoboing’s a crime


So here’s to you Steam Train Maury


Hold that Westbound tight


As you ride off into history


The last hobo, the last ride


The last of the hobo king, the last of the hobo kings 












		
			



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