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'Twas in the year of and on the th of November	A
Which the people in Southern Germany will long remember	A
The great rain storm which for twenty hours did pour down	B
That the rivers were overflowed and petty streams all around	C
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The rain fell in such torrents as had never been seen before	D
That it seemed like a second deluge the mighty torrents' roar	D
At nine o'clock at night the storm did rage and moan	E
When Carl Springel set out on his crutches all alone	E
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From the handsome little hut in which he dwelt	F
With some food to his father for whom he greatly felt	F
Who was watching at the railway bridge	G
Which was built upon a perpendicular rocky ridge	G
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The bridge was composed of iron and wooden blocks	H
And crossed o'er the Devil's Gulch an immense cleft of rocks	H
Two hundred feet wide and one hundred and fifty feet deep	I
And enough to make one's flesh to creep	I
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Far beneath the bridge a mountain stream did boil and rumble	J
And on that night did madly toss and tumble	J
Oh it must have been an awful sight	K
To see the great cataract falling from such a height	K
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It was the duty of Carl's father to watch the bridge on stormy nights	L
And warn the on coming trains of danger with the red lights	L
So on this stormy night the boy Carl hobbled along	M
Slowly and fearlessly upon his crutches because he wasn't strong	M
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He struggled on manfully with all his might	K
Through the fearful darkness of the night	K
And half blinded by the heavy rain	N
But still resolved the bridge to gain	N
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But when within one hundred yards of the bridge it gave way with an awful crash	O
And fell into the roaring flood below and made a fearful splash	O
Which rose high above the din of the storm	P
The like brave Carl never heard since he was born	Q
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Then 'Father father ' cried Carl in his loudest tone	E
'Father father ' he shouted again in very pitiful moans	R
But no answering voice did reply	S
Which caused him to heave a deep fetched sigh	S
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And now to brave Carl the truth was clear	T
That he had lost his father dear	T
And he cried 'My poor father's lost and cannot be found	C
He's gone down with the bridge and has been drowned '	-
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But he resolves to save the on coming train	N
So every nerve and muscle he does strain	N
And he trudges along dauntlessly on his crutches	U
And tenaciously to them he clutches	V
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And just in time he reaches his father's car	W
To save the on coming train from afar	W
So he seizes the red light and swings it round	C
And cried with all his might 'The bridge is down The bridge is down '	-
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So forward his father's car he drives	X
Determined to save the passengers' lives	Y
Struggling hard with might and main	N
Hoping his struggle won't prove in vain	N
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So on comes the iron horse snorting and rumbling	Z
And the mountain torrent at the bridge kept roaring and tumbling	Z
While brave Carl keeps shouting 'The bridge is down The bridge is down '	-
He cried with a pitiful wail and sound	C
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But thank heaven the engine driver sees the red light	K
That Carl keeps swinging round his head with all his might	K
But bang bang goes the engine with a terrible crash	O
And the car is dashed all to smash	O
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But the breaking of the car stops the train	N
And poor Carl's struggle is not in vain	N
But poor soul he was found stark dead	A2
Crushed and mangled from foot to head	A2
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And the passengers were all loud in Carl's praise	B2
And from the cold wet ground they did him raise	B2
And tears for brave Carl fell silently around	C
Because he had saved two hundred passengers from being drowned	C
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In a quiet village cemetery he now sleeps among the silent dead	A2
In the south of Germany with a tombstone at his head	A2
Erected by the passengers he saved in the train	N
And which to his memory will long remain	N

William Topaz Mcgonagall

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