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Narration / Hobo Bill's Last Ride
Hank Snow
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And when we finally ran that decision, he went to Asheville, North Carolina
I had a nun called there that was a conductor on the Asheville division
And I knew that someone would look out for him
So we decided he'd go there and see if he could get the feeling there
Asheville has always been a summer resort, or people who used to go there with any kind of lung trouble
It's in those mountains and they could breathe better in the airflat or something
And that's when I went to Buggin 'ham that he should go there and see if he couldn't get a job there
Whatever he wanted to do. And that's when he stayed at the fire hole
I said, what is that song?
He said, I'm going to say, I to the land of the sky way out on the mountain
And Asheville was known as the land of the sky then. It's high in the mountains
And, I think that's where he got that title for that song while he was staying there
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Riding on the eastbound freight train speeding through the night
Hobo Bill a railroad bum was fighting for his life
The sadness of his eyes revealed the torture of his soul
He raised a weak and weary hand to brush away the coal
No warm lights flickered around him no blankets there to fold
Nothing but the howling wind and the driving rain so cold
When he heard a whistle blowing in a dreamy kind of way
The hobo seemed contented for he smile there where he lay
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Outside the rain was falling on that lonely boxcar door
But the little form of Hobo Bill lay still upon the floor
As the train sped through the darkness and the raging storm outside
No one knew that Hobo Bill was taking his last ride
It was early in the morning when they raised the hobo's head
The smile still lingered on his face but Hobo Bill was dead
There was no mother's longing to soothe his weary soul
For he was just a railroad bum who died out in the cold
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