Fare Thee Well, Cisco

While walkin’ through the railroad yard

On a cold and a rainy night

I saw a string of old boxcars

As it pulled out of sight

I heard the whistle blowin’

Just as sad as anything

And it made me think of Cisco

And the songs he used to sing

Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well

Here for just a while

Gone a many a mile

Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well

He walked down every highway

In this great and mighty land

He sang the songs of what he saw

He sang for every man

He had no truck with nonsense

He sang 'em straight and plain

He got his greatest music

From the whistle of a train

Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well

Here for just a while

Gone a many a mile

Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well

Well, I dreamed that me and Cisco

We were standin’ in some town

The good clean air was in our lungs

And the sun was a-shining down

He said, “This land has lots of room

It stretches far and wide

There's a lonesome freight at six-o-eight

Let's grab that train and ride”

Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well

Here for just a while

Gone a many a mile

Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well

Well, he rambled 'round with Woody

Just to see what he could see

And when the fascist tide was high

He rambled out to sea

And everywhere he rambled

He made friends of many men

And Cisco's friends can tell us

We won't see his kind again

Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well

Here for just a while

Gone a many a mile

Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well

Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee wel