Title: Cowboy Fireman (Trusty Lariat)

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Cowboy Fireman (Trusty Lariat) 
Cowboy Fireman (Trusty Lariat) (Harry A. McClintock) 

Through the high Sierra Mountains Came an S P passenger train The hoboes tried to ride her But found 'twas all in vain | tune A
The conductor he took the tickets And he counted every soul; The engineer looked straight ahead And the fireman shoveled coal. | tune A
Now, the fireman was a cowboy But do not think that strange | tune B

He could make more money shoveling coal Than riding on the range 
So though he was a fireman tune C And though he had to sweat He still remained a western guy And he kept his lariat 
The train was way behind time tune A When suddenly ahead A little child strolled on the track And filled them all with dread 
Her golden hair in ringlets tune B Was streamin' down her back. And she little knew of her danger grave As she strolled along the track 
"My gosh" the hog head shouted tune C As he slammed on all the brakes "I'll never stop this DP train I ain't got what it takes" 
"O Heaven help that wee tot!" tune A He cried in accents wild. "Can nothing stop this DP train And save the little child?" 

Up sprang that cowboy fireman | tune B
And a gallant lad was he |
"Now I will save that baby |
If I wreck the whole DP" |
He climbed upon the running board | tune A
With tears his eyes were wet |
And in his hand, our hero brave |
Bore his trusty lariat |
He dropped his loop around a pole | tune B
That stood beside the track |
And tied the other end of it |
Around the big smokestack |
He jerked the train right off the rails | tune A
And caused an awful wreck |
And our hero lay there in a ditch |
With the engine on his neck |
Oh we will all remember | tune C
That forty-fifth of May |
For there were many gallant hearts |
All filled with fear that day |
They buried that poor fireman | tune B
Where the prairie wind blows wild |
He killed two hundred passengers |
But, Thank God, He saved the child |
Recorded by Sam Hinton |
SOF |