I saw a freight train leaving town A lonesome hobo was bumming it down
I wonder if he knows which way that train goes
Oh, hobo
Blue hobo bumming round
A lonesome hobo
I met a lady just down the street
And she asked me by chance if I happened to meet
A ragged little guy with no shoes on his feet
That was the hobo
That I saw
Oh, hobo
With his roll on his back
He caught a train just down the track
She said she had made the mistake of her life
When she no longer said she would be his true wife
And the babies keep crying for their daddy each night
Oh, hobo
Please come back
They still love you
Blue hobo
Blue hobo
