But the "Queen" crawled up on her, just the same,
Two miles to the "Pauline's" one.
Sing ho! fer the steam-chest's poundin' cough,
A-shakin' the nuts o' the guy-rods off
To the beat o' the piston's run.
The "Queen" pulled up on the old boat's beam
At the mouth o' Chouteau Creek,
An' the "Pauline's" captain stamped an' swore,
Fer the wood bulged out o' the furnace door,
An' the steam-gauge hissed with the load it bore,