Please Mr. Conductor, don't put me off of this train.
I want to bid mother goodbye, sir, before God calls her away.
She's expected to die any moment, sir, and may not live for the day.
I want to bid mother goodbye, sir, before God calls her away.

A little girl sat in a seat nearby....

That is all I remember from childhood recitations at elocution lessons. I would love to have the full text of the poem