you can hear the whistle blow a hundred iles,

a hundred iles, a hundred iles,

a hundred iles, a hundred iles

you can hear the whistle blow a hundred iles

lord, i' one, lord, i' o lord,

i' three, lord, i' four, lord,

i' five hundred iles away fro ho,

away fro ho, away fro ho,

away fro ho, away fro ho,

lord, i' five hundred iles away fro ho

not a shirt on y back,

not a penny to y na,

lord, i can't go ho this a way,

this a way, this a way,

this a way, this a way,