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Reuben had a train and he rode it down the line
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Rode it to god knows where
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Oh lordy me, oh lord my
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Rode it to god knows where
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You should have been in town when old Reuben's train went down
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You could hear the whistle blow from miles around
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Oh lordy me, oh lordy my
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You could hear the whistle blow from miles around
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Reuben's down in low, hes got no place to go
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He's been running round those train tracks all his days
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Oh lordy me, oh lordy my
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Been running round those train tracks all his days
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Oh lordy me, oh lordy my
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So he got himself a blade, laid ol' Reuben in the shade
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Says he's going to start a graveyard of his own
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Oh lordy me, oh lordy my
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He's gonna start a graveyard of his own
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