Beside a Western water tank,
a dyin' hobo lay.
Beside him knelt his comrade
with a sad and droopin' head,
listenin' to the last words the dyin hobo said.
(Followed by words and tune about the Big Rock Candy Mountain.)
The hobo laid back his weary head,
And sighed his last refrain.
His comrade swiped his shoes and socks,
And hopped an eastbound train.