Runnin' the Missouri 'fore the railroads spoiled the trade,

Engineer, and a good one of his kind,

Claimed to have no feelin's; 'twas the only brag he made.

Come what might, he didn't give a hang;

Watch a Levee shootin' scrape and never turn a hair,

Stand and chew while some other boat went bang!

And blew her decks and b'ilers half a mile up in the air.

News of death didn't bother him,

Never showed no feelin's by word or sigh or frown.

Gabr'el's Trump wouldn't worried Slim,