Ramblin' Reckless Hobo

歌詞

A ramblin' reckless hobo Left his happy home Wandered away from his parents dear To ramble and to roam His father warned and his mother prayed His sweetheart begged him to stay But none could keep this reckless boy From ramblin' far away You see him down in a railroad town His head hung down in shame A bottle of rum to end his gloom He sets in a gamblin' game His life is filled with crime now His thoughts go back to home And all the ones who beg'd him not To ramble and to roam Upon a moonless midnight He robbed a travelin' man The jury gave him twenty-one years In a jail in Birmingham His father's advice his mother's prayers His sweetheart's tears were vain They never knew what became of him For he never wrote home again Now all you boys remember These words I'm tellin' you Don't ever forsake your loved ones Or your parents kind and true Remember wherever you travel Wherever you may roam You'll never find what you left behind Your loved ones and your home