[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 1]
I fell 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's 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

[Verse 3]
I won't cry (I won't cry) my life away (my life away)
Some other sucker (Some other sucker) will have to pay (will have to pay)
And when he finds (And when he finds) that she is gone (that she is gone)
I guess I'll hear (I guess I'll hear) him sing this song (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

[Outro]
And I'll bid her my last farewell
(Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone)