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Selected poetry from

An Anthology of Steam Railroad Poetry

Volume 2

(Canadian Edition)

Edited By
Michael Gee

Text ©1987 - 2005 All Rights Reserved

Redistribution without permission from the Author is forbidden.

Used with permission

Beef Again

by O.K. Gibbings

The bell it rang, the whistled blew'd
The brakie waved, the conductor shoo'd
The porter cried, "Oh dear what now?
Oh look, they've hit a poor old cow. "
And said the chef upon the train,
"I'll soon be cooking beef again.