Standard (EADGBE)
Railroad, Steamboat, River and Canal
Yonder comes a sucker and he's got my gal
And she's gone, gone, gone
And she's gone, gone, gone
And I'll bid her my last fare- well.
I fell in love with a pretty little thing
I thought that wedding bells would ring
She was as sweet as she could be
Til I found out what she did to me.
Chorus
I asked her mother to let her go
She whispered "Mother, please tell him, No!
Tho' he may think that I am true
There are plenty more, who'll think so, too."
CHOURS
Now I won't cry my life away
Some other sucker will have to pay
And when he finds that she is gone
I guess I'll hear him sing this song.