. Switch lights . ess, While they thunder down the must have the surest judgment; Nerves must be like tempered steel;They must have the eye of eagle; Obligations strong must feel. 40 SWITCH-LIGHTS. They must know the treacherous roadway, As the seamen know the sea;Safe to guide their iron chargers Oer this path where perils the line be fraught with danger, At their post they ever stay,Like the brave Pompeiian watchmen. Though their sky grew dark at day. With the time-card as their bible, Dispatchers orders as their go whirling cross the country. And a nations co
. Switch lights . ess, While they thunder down the must have the surest judgment; Nerves must be like tempered steel;They must have the eye of eagle; Obligations strong must feel. 40 SWITCH-LIGHTS. They must know the treacherous roadway, As the seamen know the sea;Safe to guide their iron chargers Oer this path where perils the line be fraught with danger, At their post they ever stay,Like the brave Pompeiian watchmen. Though their sky grew dark at day. With the time-card as their bible, Dispatchers orders as their go whirling cross the country. And a nations commerce a meteor through the heavens Speeding onward, leaves its they wheel their human freightage On behind them through the night. Often do we see recorded How these brave men met their fateIn the open, where their monsters Crashed in combat fierce and theyre not the nations soldiers, They are just as true and should have an honor equal That which crowns the soldiers SWITCH-LIGHTS. 41 €bc Sailors of the RatU Up and down the iron ladder, Running oer the decks of cars,While the wheels seem growing madderAs they rush beneath the stars—In the calm or in the galeRide the Sailors of the Rail. Out across the morning meadows Fragrant with the new-mown hay,Or where rest the deepest shadowsOf the night, where dangers playThat oft cause their cheeks to pale,Ride these Sailors of the Rail. Firm and strong is their true friendship— Brothers, comrades, every one;Happy greetings from the kind lipMeet the lads, as from the run They come home with some new taleOf these Sailors of the Rail. What their thoughts are, when they sever Suddenly lifes cord and goFrom this earthly ^^Run forever,No one else will ever know—For alone they pass the Veil,Silent Sailors of the Rail! 42 SWITCHLIGHTS. Cbe Captain of the Craiti^ Dressed iij) in blue, with buttons that shine, An cap on th side o his head,With lantern polished and cleaned all fine With glob
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