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Willie on the railroad track

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Willie, on the railroad track,
Failed to hear the engine squeal;
Now the engine’s coming back
Scraping Willie off the wheel.

Published in Shield’s Magazine, January 1907.

An earlier version (which had the unfortunate character named as “Bertie”, not Willie) was published in the 1904 book, Smiles in Rime.



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