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,