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THE "PAULINE"
A MISSOURI tramp was the boat "Pauline" An' she ran in '78; She was warped in the hull an' broad o' beam, An' her engines sizzled with wastin' steam, An' a three-mile jog against the stream Was her average runnin' gait. Sing ho! fer the rickety "Pauline" maid, The rottenest raft in the Bismarck trade, An' her captain an' her mate.
The new "North Queen" come up in June,
Fresh launched from the Saint Joe ways, As speedy a craft as the river'd float — She could buck the bends like a big-horn goat — An' she hauled astern o' that "Pauline" boat
On one o' them nice spring days. Sing ho! fer the "Pauline," puffin' hard, With her captain up on the starboard guard, A-watchin' the "North Queen" raise.
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