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 KAILROAD 
 
 ZEPHYR 
 
 THREE CANTOS. 
 
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CANTO 1. 
 
 If I were a railroad conductor, 
 
 As through the train I'd go, 
 I'd have for every question they asked — 
 
 This answer all ready: "don't know." 
 
 I'd miss connections for lots of men ; 
 
 I'd run lone passengers past: [ten, 
 
 I'd tell them 't was eight when I knew 't was 
 
 And I'd swear their watches were fast. 
 
 For I couldn't afford to be civil, 
 
 When I knew every man in the load 
 
 Would look at my watch and ring and say: 
 " He stole them things from the road.' 
 

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CANTO HI. 
 
 If 1 were a railroad brakeman, 
 Pd holler the stations so plain 
 
 That the man who was going to Texns 
 Would go clear through to Maine 
 
 I^d optn the door of the smoking cai-, 
 
 Vnd I'd give such a mighty roar- 
 That the passengers back in the slee|)er, 
 Would all fall out on the floor. 
 
 For 1 could n't afford a tenor voice, 
 And I could not afford to speak 
 
 In the sweet, soft tones of an ^olian harp 
 ^ov eleven dollars a week 
 
CANTO 11 
 
 It I were a baggage-master, 
 I'd rattle the trunks about; 
 
 I'd stand them up in the corner, 
 And I'd tear their bowels out. 
 
 I would tear the handles out by the roots; 
 
 I would kick their corners in, 
 And strew their stuffing all around the car, 
 
 And make them lank and thin. - 
 
 For I could not afford to wear kid gloves, 
 
 Nor put soft pads on my feet, 
 Nor to handle things gentle when all my pay 
 
 Just keeps me in bread and meat. 
 
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