Hobo Bill's Last Ride Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Snow
Hobo Bill's Last Ride
Recorded by Hank Snow
Written by Waldo LaFayette O'Neal
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Riding on an eastbound freight train
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speeding through the
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night
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Hobo Bill a
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railroad bum was
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fighting for his
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life
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sadness of his eyes revealed the
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torture of his
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soul
He
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raised a weak and
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weary hand to
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brush away the
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cold
No warm lights flickered around him no
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blankets there to
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fold
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Nothing but the
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howling wind and the
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driving rain so
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cold
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When he heard a whistle blowing in a
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dreamy kind of
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way
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hobo seemed
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contented for he
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smiled there where he
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lay
Outside the rain was falling on that
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lonesome boxcar
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door
But the
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little form of
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Hobo Bill lay
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still upon the
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floor
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the train sped through the darkness and the
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raging storm
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outside
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No one knew that
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Hobo Bill was
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taking his last
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ride
It was early in the morning when they
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raised the hobo's
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head
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smile still lingered
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on his face but
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Hobo Bill was
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dead
There
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was no mother's longing to
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soothe his weary
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soul
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he was just a
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railroad bum who
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died out in the
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cold
FAQ
Who sang the the song Hobo Bill's Last Ride?
- The song Hobo Bill's Last Ride was sang by Hank Snow.
Who is Hank Snow?
- Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 - December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music artist. Most popular in the 1950s, he had a career that spanned more than 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. His number-one hits include the self-penned songs "I'm Moving On", "The Golden Rocket" and "The Rhumba Boogie" and famous versions of "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "Let Me Go, Lover!", "I've Been Everywhere", "Hello Love", as well as other top 10 hits.Snow was an accomplished songwriter whose clear, baritone voice expressed a wide range of emotions including the joys of freedom and travel as well as the anguish of tortured love. His music was rooted in his beginnings in small-town Nova Scotia where, as a frail, 80-pound youngster, he endured extreme poverty, beatings and psychological abuse as well as physically punishing labour during the Great Depression. Through it all, his musically talented mother provided the emotional support he needed to pursue his dream of becoming a famous entertainer like his idol, the country star, Jimmie Rodgers.As a performer of traditional country music, Snow won numerous awards and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The Hank Snow Museum in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, celebrates his life and work in a province where his fans still see him as an inspirational figure who triumphed over personal adversity to become one of the most influential artists in all of country music.
