Cat. #0568 (MFH #296) - As sung by Mrs. Haden Robinson, Fayetteville, Arkansas on November 26, 1960
VERSE 1
I have a song I'd like to sing
It's awful but it's true
About a baby, thrown from a train
By a woman, I know not who
VERSE 2
Th train was running at full speed
T'was northbound number nine
An' as it crossed th rivers bridge
She cast it from the door
VERSE 3
A Mother unkind, a Father untrue
And yet, I'm bound to say
It must have grieved that Mothers heart
To cast her baby away
VERSE 4
Th leaves in which this baby was found
Was fourteen inches long
Five inches wide, six inches deep
An', O, so closely bound
VERSE 5
It was Bill Williams who found this babe
He heard its helpless cry
He took it to his loving wife
She would not let it die
VERSE 6
She bathed and washed its little head
An' soon, it hushed its cry
God bless them both while they live
God bless them when they die
VERSE 7
We'll name him William Roscoe
Because he has no name
Then, if he grows to be a man
He'll wear it just th same
VERSE 8
This ends my song, my story I've told
I'll say, goodbye to all
Until we meet around th throne
In that bright world above all