[Verse 1] Willie Seton was a lad his age was just six-teen. Golden curls hung down his neck the fairest ever seen. [Verse 2] His true love was the prettiest thing in the country-side And after Willie courted her she swore to be his bride. [Verse 3] He had no gold to give her dad no gold to buy them land And in his haste to wed his love he joined an outlaw band. [Verse 4] They ravaged all the countryside their fortunes for to gain. Until one cold and frosty day they robbed the Frisco train. [Verse 5] The train guard lost his life that day but just before he died He fired a deadly pistol ball in Willie Seton’s side. [Verse 6] His comrades they deserted him and left him there a-lone And holding tight-ly to his side he started out for home. [Verse 7] He had not traveled many a mile until the storm came on And Willie Seton found a log to set himself up-on. [Verse 8] He leaned his back against a tree and held onto his side And in that cold and snowy wood young Willie Seton died. [Verse 9] He was sixteen when he loved sixteen when he cried; Sixteen when he robbed a train and six-teen when he died.