Hobo Bill's Last Ride-Hank Snow

[ti:Hobo Bill's Last Ride] [ar:Hank Snow] [al:I'm Movin' On] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hobo Bill's Last Ride - Hank Snow [00:08.28]Riding on the eastbound freight train speeding through the night [00:14.23] [00:15.72]Hobo Bill the railroad bum was fighting for his life [00:21.67] [00:23.31]The sadness of his eyes revealed the torture of his soul [00:29.17] [00:30.79]He raised a weak and weary hand to brush away the coal [00:36.75] [00:38.22]No warm lights flickered round him no blankets there to fold [00:44.59] [00:46.10]Nothing but the howling wind the driving rain so cold [00:51.96] [00:53.39]When he heard a whistle blowing in a dreamy kind of way [00:59.52] [01:00.92]The hobo seemed contented for he smile there where he lay [01:07.18] [01:16.09]Outside the rain was falling on that lonely boxcar door [01:22.47] [01:23.51]But the little form of Hobo Bill lay still upon the floor [01:29.99] [01:31.10]As the train sped through the darkness and the raging storm outside [01:37.33] [01:38.83]No one knew that Hobo Bill was taking his last ride [01:45.02] [01:53.89]It was early in the morning when they raised the hobo's head [02:00.20] [02:01.34]The smile still lingered on his face but Hobo Bill was dead [02:07.69] [02:08.86]There was no mother's longing to soothe his weary soul [02:15.30] [02:16.41]For he was just a railroad bum who died out in the cold