A kiwi kids' song:

RAILWAY BILL
(Anon)

Way down the line
At any time
Who is sittin' on the railway line
Why there is poor old Bill

Chorus
Railway Bill, oh Railway Bill
He won't work and he never will
They'll fire old railway Bill

We'll bang and strike
This steel spike
Nobody works like good old Mike
But never poor old Bill

Chorus

Go toot the peeper
Go press the beeper
Bill, he's a railway sleeper
Go wake up poor old Bill

Youtube clip

Neil Colquhoun commented:

I don't know who Railway Bill was, but to us kids he seemed some kind of hero , defying foremen, inspectors and perhaps even holding up the express to remain sitting on the line. 'Song of a young country' p57.

For the joy that's in it, here is a fine rendition of a version of the traditional song from which the song derives. Beaut!

Railrosd Bill

--Stewie.