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And on we went on our woeful way, wrapped in a daze of dream, And the Northern Lights in the crystal nights came forth with a mystic gleam. AND ON WE WENT ON OUR WOEFUL WAY WRAPT IN A DAZE OF DREAM AND THE NORTHERN LIGHTS IN THE CRYSTAL NIGHTS CAME FORTH WITH A MYSTIC GLEAM
 earth had gaped too far and her stony jaws were fixt. Then the winter fell with a sudden swoop, and the heavy clouds sagged low, And earth and sky were blotted out in a whirl of driving snow. We were climbing up a glacier in the neck of a mountain pass, When the Dago Kid slipped down and fell into a deep crevasse. When we got him out one leg hung limp, and his brow was wreathed with pain, And he says: "'Tis badly broken, boys, and I'll never walk again. It's death for all if ye linger here, and that's no cursed lie; Go on, go on while the trail is good, and leave me down to die." He raved and swore, but we tended him with our uncouth, clumsy care. The camp-fire gleamed and he gazed and dreamed with a fixed and curious stare. Then all at once he grabbed my gun and he put it to his head, And he says: "I'll fix it for you, boys"--them are the words he said. So we sewed him up in a canvas sack and we slung him to a tree; And the stars like needles stabbed our eyes, and woeful men were we. TRAIL CREPT BETWIXT TWAS AS IF THE EARTH HAD GAPED TOO FAR AND HER STONY JAWS WERE FIXED THEN THE WINTER FELL WITH A SODDEN SWOOP AND THE HEAVY CLOUDS SAGGED LOW AND THE EARTH AND SKY WERE BLOTTED OUT IN A WHIRL OF DRIVING SNOW WE WERE CLIMBING UP A GLACIER IN THE NECK OF A MOUNTAIN PASS WHEN THE DAGO KID SLIPPED DOWN AND FELL INTO A DEEP CREVASSE WHEN WE GOT HIM OUT ONE LEG HUNG LIMP AND HIS BROW WAS WREATHED IN PAIN AND HE SAYS TIS BADLY BROKEN BOYS I'LL NEVER WALK AGAIN IT'S DEATH FOR ALL IF YOU LINGER HERE AND THAT'S NO CURSED LIE GO ON GO ON WHILE THE TRAIL IS GOOD AND LEAVE ME DOWN TO DIE HE RAVED AND SWORE BUT WE TENDED HIM WITH OUR UNCOUTH CLUMSY CARE THE CAMP FIRE GLEAMED AND HE GAZED AND DREAMED WITH A FIXED AND CURIOUS STARE THEN ALL AT ONCE HE GRABBED MY GUN AND HE PUT IT TO HIS HEAD AND HE SAID I'LL FIX IT FOR YOU BOYS THEM ARE THE WORDS HE SAID SO WE SEWED HIM UP IN A CANVAS SACK AND WE SLUNG HIM TO A TREE AND THE STARS LIKE NEEDLES STABBED OUR EYES AND WOEFUL MEN WERE WE
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