Railroad Bill was a desperado sport
He shot all the button off a brakesman coat
This morning, just before day
Then old Railroad Bill, he started around the curve
He stopped to catch a freight train, but he didn't have the nerve
A bad man, old Railroad Bill
Old Railroad Bill, he walked up to the law
He pulled out his fist and put it in his jaw
He was a bad man, old Railroad Bill
Old Railroad Bill, he stood right in the track
"I wonder if that freight train ever coming back."
He's a bad man, old Railroad Bill
Old Railroad Bill, he didn't have a home
All he'd do is ramble and run around and roam
It's a bad man, old Railroad Bill
Old Railroad Bill, he started 'round the curve
He start to see the police and he didn't have the nerve
He was a bad man, Railroad Bill
Old Railroad Bill, then he begin to roam
He's wonderin', "if I ever get back to my home
I'm a bad man, Railroad Bill"