There was downed power lines up ahead,
Bill hoped them lines were safely dead –
Drive on, Propane Bill! (CHO)

Gosh, Charlie, I thought conventionally it was either
"Bill hoped them lines was safely dead"
or
"Bill hoped those lines were safely dead"

And anyway, maybe it should be "Propane Bill, never stopped
and never will...
of course, until the last chorus, "but now he will" when he gets
to the pearly gates at the top of his arc...

Yours
Blessings,
Barbara