[Intro]
(Hi, friends, this is Jim Reeves
I've just completed my first recording session for RCA Victor
And I’m very happy to be with 'em
I'm also very pleased with the tunes that we recorded
On this our first recording session for Victor
I sure hope you’ll like 'em
Here's our friend now to play one of 'em for you)

[Chorus]
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, gonе
And I'll bid her my last farewell

[Verse 1]
I fеll in love with a pretty little thing
I thought that wedding bells would ring
She was as sweet as sweet could be
’Til I found out what she did to me

[Chorus]
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 farewell
[Verse 2]
I asked her mother to let her go
She whispered, "Mother, please tell him 'no'
Though he may think that I am true
There’re plenty more who think so, too"

[Chorus]
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 farewell

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus]
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 farewell