Railroad Bill

from By Land and Sea by Odd Little Egret

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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

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from By Land and Sea, released August 18, 2020
Lead Vocals and Banjo: Bryce Goldstein
Backup Vocals and Accordion: Leeya Shaw

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Train-Punk
Shanty-Rock
Fantasy-Ballad

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