[Verse 1]
Willie Seton was a lad
His age was just sixteen
Golden curls on down his neck
The fairiest ever seen

[Verse 2]
His true love was the prettiest thing
In all the countryside
And after Willie courted her
She swore to be his bride

[Verse 3]
He had no gold to give her dad
No gold to buy them land
And in his haste to wed his love
He joined an outlaw band

[Verse 4]
They ravaged all the countryside
Their fortune for to gain
Until one cold and windy day
They robbed the Frisco train

[Verse 5]
The train guard lost his life that day
But just before he died
He fired a deadly pistol ball
In Willie Seton's side
[Verse 6]
His comrades they deserted him
And left him all alone
And holdin' tightly to his side
He started out for home

[Verse 7]
He had not travelled many a mile
Until a storm came on
And Willie Seton found a log
To set himself upon

[Verse 8]
He leaned his back against the tree
And held on to his side
And in that cold and snowy wood
Young Willie Seton died

[Verse 9]
He was sixteen when he loved
Sixteen when he cried
Sixteen when he robbed the train
And sixteen when he died