Show r TO BE A BRAKEMAN I want to be 1 brakeman Doggone I Legs bangin over thacdce of a flat car Train goin bout tueityfhe inilon hour Lickin the tloj fennel long the track Thats what a brakeman does I want to be a brakeman lung v Makin the boys git off the platform CussJn the drajmau if the skids is lost Hollers B ick cr a length and the en gincer has to That a biakcinau for yel Kocomluctol mojust tL brakeman By hen Can make a couplin on dead run Has spring bottom jianta n braid on his clothes Carries a lantern at ijight n cap over bis cars Thats a brakeinp Ill tell elI el-I want to bo a brakeman Gceminentlj Stand in with the agents and oprators Gits to Peru every night n sees the show Knows the number of the trains chaws ten backer Hes a regular one you bet X I want to be head brakeman Gollee Twistin er hard smoke rolling round ye Country people stoppin work to look Girls wavin at ye all the way to Peru Ill bo one too some day Chicago Record |