My Rambling Boy - ein weiterer Song von Tom Paxton
Der Song handelt von der Freundschaft zweier Eisenbahn-Tramps.
(Jungle = hiermit ist ein Lagerplatz gemeint - meist ein paar 100 Meter außerhalb der Stadt an den Gleisen - an dem sich Tramps, Wanderarbeiter und Landstreicher getroffen haben, um auf den nächsten Zug zu warten, der sie ihrem Zielort näher bringt).
My Rambling Boy
He was a man and a friend always
He stuck with me in the hard old days.
He never cared if I had no dough
We rambled 'round in the rain and snow.
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And here's to you my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy
And here's to you my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
In Tulsa town we chanced to stray
We thought we'd try to work one day
The boss said he had room for one
Says my old pal, "We'd rather bum!"
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Late one night in a jungle camp
The weather it was cold and damp
He got the chills and he got 'em bad
They took the only friend I had.
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He left me here, to ramble on
My ramblin' pal, is dead and gone
If when we die, we go somewhere
I'll bet you a dollar, he's ramblin' there.
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