MEN WHO MISS THE TRAIN.
I loaf aronn’ tbe deep o jest to seqtthe PIIII7iiimi scoot, e ‘ An’ to see the people scamper w’en th u y bear the ingine toot ; Bill w’nt makes the most impression on my somew’nt active brain. . Is the cureless men who get there jest in time to miss the train. An’ somo cußs the railroad corr.p’ny, an’ so.ne loudly cuss their stars, An’ some ieaiLnHoo down the track an’ try to catch the ears ; An’ some with a loud lnff and joke will poultice up their pain ; Vur’us kin’s er people get there jest in time to miss the train. / An’ there is many deepos an’ flag stations without a mime Along the Grand Triijik Railroad that leads to wealth .arid fame ; An’ men rush to fhdsei deepos as fast as they can fly, v. As the train of Opportunity goes a tkunderin’ by. 1 Tho Grand Trunk Railroad of Succoss, it runs through every clime, But the cars of Opportunity they go en schedule time, And never are their brakes reversed —they won’t back up again To take the men who get there just in tim& to miss the train.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 469, 7 May 1890, Page 2
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197MEN WHO MISS THE TRAIN. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 469, 7 May 1890, Page 2
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