Whiskey Bill⁠—A Fragment + 

A-down the road and gun in hand + 

Comes Whiskey Bill, mad Whiskey Bill; + 

A-lookin’ for some place to land + 

Comes Whiskey Bill. + 

An’ everybody’d like to be + 

Ten miles away behind a tree + 

When on his joyous, aching spree + 

Starts Whiskey Bill. + 

The times have changed since you made love, + 

O Whiskey Bill, O Whiskey Bill! + 

The happy sun grinned up above + 

At Whiskey Bill. + 

And down the middle of the street + 

The sheriff comes on toe and feet + 

A-wishin’ for one fretful peek + 

At Whiskey Bill. + 

The cows go grazing o’er the lea⁠— + 

Poor Whiskey Bill! Poor Whiskey Bill! + 

An’ aching thoughts pour in on me + 

Of Whiskey Bill. + 

The sheriff up and found his stride; + 

Bill’s soul went shootin’ down the slide⁠— + 

How are things on the Great Divide, + 

O Whiskey Bill? + 