George Canyon
George Canyon - The Ballad Of Wild Bill lyrics
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Wild Bill was a wild one He loved a pretty young Philly named Josephine But one night in a snow storm Bill didn't come home And that was the last time he would be seen He use to sing her sweet love songs of Christmas They walked hand in hand through the fields And one time he picked her a dozen camellias Said "I love you forever, my sweet Josephine" Camellias for Christmas She cried more tears than stars up in the sky She waited there night after night Praying someday she might see him again Now year after year and tear after tear She just couldn't give up on Bill But her father was certain that he'd never come back Demanded she'd marry some boy, named Badgewell Well, at church it was fatal with all sorts of family They were so happy for her But she cried tears of sorrow, she prayed that she could go Far, far away with her true love Bill Camellias for Christmas She cried more tears than stars up in the sky She waited there night after night Praying someday she might see him again And that's when it happened, she heard his horse whinnying She heard his sweet love song again Camellias started falling, clean out of the blue sky And there before her green eyes was Bill's Texas grin Camellias for Christmas Bill rode that old horse straight down a lighting bolt He told her that he'd come home as he swept her up into his arms Rode off to the stars Wild Bill was a wild one He loved a pretty young Philly named Josephine