Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 406
THE BROWNIES ANDTHE RAILROAD BY PALMER COX At dusk, as they were passing by,The band a village chancedto spy. The town itself was well enough,And nestled by a wooded bluff,But when the railroad was surveyed,In order to avoid a gradeAnd thus insure a speedy trip,They almost gave the place the… … And move the railroad track to-night.I know their business through and through—There s not a train till morning due.Our mystic power will help us out,We 11 swing the whole concern about.We 11 change the track from straight ahead,And make a sweeping curve instead;Of grade we 11 take but little heed,
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