Billy was a drover
He lived out on the Three Chain Road
Fell in love with Mary and they married
She made his shack a home
He drove a mob to Queensland
And it hurt to have to leave her on her own
She promised she'd be waiting
When he brought the cattle home
There's a lonesome wind blowin down the Three Chain Road tonight
It's sending out a warning as she moans
Billy don't go riding down the Three Chain Road tonight
The wind is crying Billy please don't go
Billy came home early
He wasn't due for many days
He walked into the cabin found his Mary
In a strangers arms she lay
In the blindness of his anger
The fatal shots rang out from Billy's gun
In that smokey silence he knew
And he wept for what he'd done
There's a lonesome wind blowin down the Three Chain Road tonight
It's sending out a warning as she moans
Billy don't go riding down the Three Chain Road tonight
The wind is crying Billy please don't go
Billy walked out slowly
He Knew what must be done
Somewhere in the darkness a shot rang out
Billy's time had come
They say his spirits out there
You can feel it every time the cold wind blows
It's warning all the strangers
who come by the Three Chain Road
There's a lonesome wind blowin down the Three Chain Road tonight
It's sending out a warning as she moans
Billy don't go riding down the Three Chain Road tonight
There's a lonesome wind blowin down the Three Chain Road tonight
It's sending out a warning as she moans
Billy don't go riding down the Three Chain Road tonight
The wind is crying Billy please don't go