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SECTION GANG: NIGHT by NORMAN BOLKER

First Line: GANDY DANCERS SLEEP ALL NIGHT
Last Line: BUT HE WOULDN'T KNOW ...
Subject(s): LABOR & LABORERS; NIGHT; RAILROADS; WORK; WORKERS; BEDTIME; RAILWAYS; TRAINS;

Gandy dancers sleep all night.
They creep wearily to their creaking double-bunks
in the little old red freight cars on the siding.
They sleep, but never dream, for what do they know of songs and beauty?
All a gandy dancer wants is a full belly and a little love and sleep.
Creator of the cold smooth silver bands,
but he wouldn't know ...



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