one one summer s day sun was shinin fine the lady love of old bill bailey was hangin clothes on the line in her back yard and weepin hard she married a b o brakeman that took and throwed her down bellerin like a prune fed calf with a big gang hanging round and to that crowd she hollered loud won t you come home bill bailey won t you come home she moans the whole day long i ll do the cookin darling i ll pay the rent i know i ve done you wrong member that rainy eve that i threw you out with nothing but a fine tooth comb i know i m to blame well ain t that a shame bill bailey won t you please come home bill drove by that door in an automobile a great big diamond coach and footman hear that lady squeal he s all alone i heard her groan she hollered through the door bill bailey is you sore stop a minute listen to me won t i see you no more bill winks his eye as he heard her cry 