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A Texas cowboy fell asleep on the ballroom floor,<br /> Having drunk so much he could drink no more;<br /> So he fell asleep with a troubled brain<br /> To dream that he rode on a hell-bound train.<br /> <br /> The engine with murderous blood was damp<br /> And was brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp;<br /> An imp, for fuel, was shoveling bones,<br /> While the furnace rang with a thousand groans.<br /> The boiler was filled with lager beer<br /> And the devil himself was the engineer;<br /> The passengers were a most motly crew—<br /> Church member, atheist, Gentile, and Jew,<br /> <br /> Rich men in broadcloth, beggers in rags,<br /> Handsome young ladies, and withered old hags,<br /> Yellow and black men, red, brown, and white,<br /> All chained together—O God, what a site!<br /> <br /> While the train rushed on at an awful pace—<br /> The sulphurous fumes scorched their hands and face;<br /> Wider and wider the country grew,<br /> As faster and faster the engine flew.<br /> <br /> Louder and louder the thunder crashed<br /> And brighter and brighter the lightning flashed;<br /> Hotter and hotter the air became<br /> Till the clothes were burned from each quivering frame.<br /> <br /> And out of the distance there arose a yell,<br /> &quot;Ha, ha,&quot; said the devil, &quot;we&#039;re nearing hell!&quot;<br /> Then oh, how the passengers all shrieked with pain<br /> And begged the devil to stop the train.<br /> <br /> But he capered about and danced for glee,<br /> And laughed and joked at their misery.<br /> &quot;My faithful friends, you have done the work<br /> And the devil never can a payday shirk.<br /> <br /> &quot;You&#039;ve bullied the weak, you&#039;ve robbed the poor,<br /> The starving brother you&#039;ve turned from the door;<br /> You&#039;ve laid up gold where the canker rust,<br /> And have given free vent to your beastly lust.<br /> <br /> &quot;You&#039;ve justice scorned, and corruption sown,<br /> And trampled the laws of nature down.<br /> You have drunk, rioted, cheated, plundered, and lied,<br /> And mocked at God in your hell-born pride.<br /> <br /> &quot;You have paid full fair, so I&#039;ll carry you through,<br /> For it&#039;s only right you should have your due.<br /> Why, the laborer always expects his hire,<br /> So I&#039;ll land you safe in the lake of fire,<br /> <br /> &quot;Where your flesh will waste in the flames that roar,<br /> And my imps torment you forevermore.&quot;<br /> Then the cowboy awoke with an anguished cry,<br /> His clothes wet with sweat and his hair standing high<br /> <br /> Then he prayed as he never had prayed till that hour<br /> To be saved from his sin and the demon&#039;s power;<br /> And his prayers and his vows were not in vain,<br /> For he never road the hell-bound train.

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