The Great Pixley Train Robbery

Lyrics

[Verse 1] To your hands I give you Aboard from Hawaii The ship they call Northern Lights A fugitive, one of three highway man Who stopped the Pixley train at night About 8 PM, 22 February We force seven thousand in gold Two were killed in the melee A fireman of the train And a passenger from Modesto The leader was an insurance agent, this I know The third man set for remote islands near the equator [Verse 2] When he found the ship Would not put in there There's a reason to believe he set her on fire When our bomb exploded Buckshot unloaded We three made off in dire To the Right Honorable American council To the Hawaiian king I swear before notary To make a clean breast Of the whole thing In hope of salvation For surely I'll be found before port Before postal authorities can act I surrender myself unto the reward [Verse 3] Since I was taken From the Napa asylum And put on a whaler for my own good I told the captain Not to let me ashore Except under guard If no faith is placed In this letter You're letting a brigand free The passenger coaches Were not molested Violence, I can't see