This is the version by the Vipers:
RAILROAD, STEAMBOAT, RIVER & CANAL
(Trad)

INTRO: A-one and a-two and a-three and a-four

CHORUS:

Railroad, steamboat, river and canal
Yonder comes a sucker and he stole my gal
And she's gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone,
And I wish her a last farewell

I fell in love with a pretty little thing
I thought that wedding bells would ring
She was as sweet as sweet could be
Till I found out what she did to me

We're singing:
CHORUS

I asked her mother to let her go
She whispered "mother please tell him 'no'"
Though he may think that I am true
There's plenty more who think so too

We're singing:
CHORUS

Now many more back down the line
That she would meet from time to time
Once again her choice you see
To run around completely free

CHORUS

Now I won't cry (now I won't cry) my life away
Some other sucker (some other sucker) will have to pay
And when he finds (and when he finds) that she is gone
I guess I'll hear (I guess I'll hear) him sing this song

Everybody sing:

CHORUS
repeat last 2 lines of chorus

Transcribed from the 1957 recording by Wally Whyton and the Vipers. I'm not totally convinced I got the middle two lines of the third verse right, but that's what they sound like to me.
RtS