Railroad Bill

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Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter and folk musician whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his guitar. His best-known song is "This Land Is Your Land." Many of his recorded songs are archived in the Library of Congress. Such songwriters as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Pete Seeger, Joe Strummer, Billy Bragg, Jeff Tweedy and Tom Paxton have acknowledged Guthrie as a major influence. more »

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2000

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Railroad Bill, Railroad Bill 
He never worked, and he never will, 
And it's ride, ride, ride. 

Railroad Bill's a mighty mean man 
Shot the light out of the poor brakeman's hand 

Railroad Bill, up on a hill 
Lightin' a cigar with a ten-dollar bill. 

Railroad Bill took my wife, 
If I didn't like it, gonna take my life. 

Goin' on a mountain, goin' out west 
Thirty-eight special stickin' 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. 

Railroad Bill, he ain't so bad 
Whupped his mama, shot his old dad. 

Early one morning, standing in the rain 
Round the bend come a long freight train. 

Railroad Bill a comin' home soon 
Killed McMillan by the light of the moon 

McMillan had a special train 
When they got there they was prayin' 

Kill me a chicken, send me the wing 
They think I'm workin', Lord, I ain't doin' a thing. 

Kill me a chicken, send me the head, 
Think I'm workin', Lord, I'm layin' in bed. 

Gonna 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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