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Verse 1:
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While walking through the railroad yards on a cold and a rainy night,
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I saw a string of old boxcars as it pulled out of sight.
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I heard the whistle blowing just as sad as anything.
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And it made me think of Cisco, and the songs he used to sing.
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Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well.
Here for just a while, gone a many a mile.
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Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well.
Verse 2:
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He walked down every highway in this great and mighty land.
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He sang the songs of what he saw, he sang for every man.
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He had no truck with nonsense, he sang 'em straight and plain.
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He got his greatest music from the whistle of a train.
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Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well.
Here for just a while, gone a many a mile.
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Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well.
Verse 3:
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Well I dreamed that me and Cisco, we were standing in some town.
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The good clean air was in our lungs And the sun was a-shining down.
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He said 'This land has lots of room, It stretches far and wide.
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There's a lonesome freight at six-o-eight, Let's grab that train and ride.'
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Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well.
Here for just a while, gone a many a mile.
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Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well.
Verse 4:
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Well, he rambled 'round with Woody, just to see what he could see.
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And when the Fascist tide was high, he rambled out to sea.
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And every where he rambled, he made friends of many men.
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And Cisco's friends can tell us we won't see his kind again.
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Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well.
Here for just a while, gone a many a mile.
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Fare thee well, Cisco, fare thee well.
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Fare thee well, Cisco. Fare thee well.
Written by Tom Paxton