Railroad steamboat river and can*l yonder comes a s**er and he's got my girl And she's gone gone gone gone and she's gone gone gone And I'll bid her my last farewell I fell in love with a pretty little thing I thought that wedding bells would ring She was as sweet as sweet could be till I found out what she did to me Railroad steamboat... I asked her mother to let her go she whispered mother please tell him no Though he may think that I am true there's plenty more who think so too Railroad steamboat... I won't cry my life away some other s**er will have to pay And when he finds that she is gone I guess I'll hear him sing this song Railroad steamboat... And I'll bid her my last farewell