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Hobo Bill
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Rid-ing on an east-bound freight train,
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Speed-ing through the night,
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Ho-bo Bill, the rail-road bum,
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Was fight-ing for his life.
verse 2
As the train sped through the darkness
With a raging storm outside
Hobo Bill, the railroad bum,
Was taking his last ride.
verse 3
The sadness of his eyes revealed
The torture of his soul,
As he raised a weak and weary hand
To brush away the cold.
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Outside the rain was a-pourin'
On that lonely boxcar door,
And the little form of Hobo Bill
Lay still upon the floor.
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He heard the whistle blowin'
In a dreary sort of way.
The hobo seemed contented,
For he smiles there where he lay.
verse 6
It was early in the morning,
When they raised the hobo's heaad,
And the smile was still lingered on his face,
But Hobo Bill was dead.
verse 7
There was no mother's longing
To think of this weary soul,
He was nothing but a railroad bum
Who died out in the cold.
