There was a thread about this last week called "Will there be no____ in Heaven." Anyway, I grabbed my Trio CD (a collaboration between Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt) and here's the poop:

The song is called "Hobo's Meditation," but I think I've also heard it referred to as Hobo's Lament. It was written by Jimmie Rodgers, aka the Yodeling Brakeman. Here are the lyrics:


HOBO'S MEDITATION

Tonight as I lay on the boxcar
Just waiting for a train to pass by,
What will become of the hobo,
When his time comes to die?

There's a Master up yonder in heaven
Got a place that we might call our home.
Will we have to work for a living,
Or can we continue to roam?

CHORUS: Will there be any freight trains in heaven?
Any boxcars in which we might hide?
Will there be any tough cops or brakemen?
Will they tell us that we cannot ride?

Will the hobo chum with the rich man?
Will we always have money to spare?
Will they have respect for the hobo
In that land that lies hidden up there?

(Chorus)

Copyright 1933