Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Railroad Bill, artist - Ramblin' Jack Elliott. Album song The Ballad Of Ramblin' Jack, in the genre Музыка мираDate of issue: 31.12.1999
Record label: Vanguard
Song language: English
Railroad Bill |
| Rail-road Bill, Rail-road Bill |
| He never worked, and he never will |
| And it’s ride, ride, ride |
| Rail-road Bill’s a mighty mean man |
| Shot the light out of the poor brake-man's hand |
| Rail-road Bill, up on a hill |
| Lighting a cigar with a ten-dollar bill |
| Rail-road Bill took my wife |
| If I didn’t like it, going to take my life |
| Going on a mountain, going out west |
| Thirty-eight special sticking out of my vest |
| Buy me a pistol just as long as my arm |
| Shoot everybody ever done me harm |
| Got a thirty-special in a forty-five frame |
| I can’t miss 'cause I got dead aim |
| Rail-road Bill, he ain’t so bad |
| Whipped his mama, shot his old dad |
| Early one morning, standing in the rain |
| Round the bend come a long freight train |
| Rail-road Bill a-coming home soon |
| Killed McMillan by the light of the moon |
| McMillan had a special train |
| When they got there they was praying |
| Kill me a chicken, send me the wing |
| They think I’m working, Lord, I ain’t doing a thing |
| Kill me a chicken, send me the head |
| Think I’m working, Lord, I’m laying in bed |
| Going to drink my whiskey, drink it in the wind |
| The doctor said it’d kill me but he didn’t say when |