helt me head,

Dat a man 'll go broke fer de woman he loves er

mebbe fight till he's dead.

When I t'inks dat I never had no friends an' what

am I livin' fer?

I fergits dat I'm holdin' de wheel o' de Susq, an'

I sets an' t'inks o' her.

An' I t'inks how gentle she spoke t' me, an' I t'inks

o' her sof', white hand,

An' de feel o' her fingers on me face when she