Hobo Bill's Last Ride
Hobo Bill's Last Ride

Jimmie Rodgers - Hobo Bill's Last Ride Lyrics

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Hobo Bill's Last Ride Lyrics

Riding on the eastbound freight train, speeding through the night
Hobo Bill the railroad bum was fighting for his life
The sadness of his eyes revealed the torture of his soul
He raised a weak and weary hand to brush away the coal

No warm lights flickered round him, no blankets there to fold
Nothing but the howling wind, the driving rain so cold
When he heard a whistle blowing in a dreamy kind of way
The hobo seemed contented for he smile there where he lay

Outside the rain was falling on that lonely boxcar door
But the little form of Hobo Bill lay still upon the floor
As the train sped through the darkness and the raging storm outside
No one knew that Hobo Bill was taking his last ride

It was early in the morning when they raised the hobo's head
The smile still lingered on his face but Hobo Bill was dead
There was no mother's longing to soothe his weary soul
For he was just a railroad bum who died out in the cold

Writer(s): WALDO O'NEAL
Copyright(s): Lyrics © ERNEST TUBB MUSIC, INC., Peermusic Publishing
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind

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