Hank Snow Hobo Bill`s Last Ride Lyrics

Hobo Bill`s Last Ride Lyrics

Riding on the eastbound freight train speeding through the night

Hobo Bill a 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 around him no blankets there to fold

Nothing but the howling wind and 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

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Outside the rain was falling on that lonesome 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

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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