Billy was a drover

He lived out on the three chain road

Fell in love with Mary and they married

She made his shack a home



He drove them off to Queensland

And it hurt to have to leave her on her own

But she promised she'd be waiting

When he brought the cattle home



There's a lonesome wind blowing down 

The three chain road tonight

It's sending out a warning as she blows

Billy don't go riding down 

The three chain road tonight

The wind is crying Billy please don't go



Billy came home early

He wasn't due for many days

Walked into the cabin and found his Mary

In a strangers arms she lay



In the blindness of his anger

The fatal shots rang out from Billy's gun

In that smoky silence he knew

And he wept for what he'd done



There's a lonesome wind blowing down 

The three chain road tonight

It's sending out a warning as she blows

Billy don't go riding down 

The three chain road tonight

The wind is crying Billy please don't go



Billy walked out slowly

He knew what must be done

Somewhere in the darkness a shot rang out

Billy's time had come



They say his spirit's out there

You can feel it every time the cold wind blows

It's warding off the strangers

Who come by the three chain road



There's a lonesome wind blowing down 

The three chain road tonight

It's sending out a warning as she blows

Billy don't go riding down 

The three chain road tonight

There's a lonesome wind blowing down 

The three chain road tonight

It's sending out a warning as she blows

Billy don't go riding down 

The three chain road tonight

The wind is crying Billy please don't go