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Listen people : if you want to hear
A story told : about a brave engineer
J C Holmes : was the rider's name
*A heavy weight woman : with a hearty fate*
J C said : with a smile so fine
Woman gets tired : of one man all the time
Get two or three : if you have to hide
If the train go and leave : you got a mule to ride
In the second cabin : set Miss Alice Bry
Want to ride : with Mr J C or die
I ain't good‑looking : and I don't dress fine
But I'm a rambling woman : with a rambling mind
Just then : the conductor hollered all aboard
And the porter said : we've got a load
Look a‑here son : we ought to been gone
I feel like riding : if it's all night long
J C said : just before he died
Two more roads : he wanted to ride
Everybody wondered : what road it could be
He said the Southern Pacific : and the Santa Fe
J C said : I don't feel right
I saw my gal : with a man last night
Soon as I get : enough steam just right
I been mistreated : and I don't mind dying
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