Mark,

I found the below on Google Questions. It was posted in 2004. No answer since.

"My father used to sing this song to me - it is the best I can
remember. Can you identify it and help me locate the lyrics?


When I was young, which was a long time ago
A man paid paid me to shovel his sidewalk of snow
He gave me a nickel and a dime, that?s all
So I shoveled the snow right back in to his hall

Chiby chim chum chim cham
What a big bum I am
I want you to know
I'm the best hobo man

Now I've traveled all over this country no doubt
From the east to the west
From the north to the south
I've wallowed in the mud like a turtle at play
And I haven't taken a bath since Armisitice day

Chiby chim chum chim cham
What a big bum I am
I want you to know
I'm the best hobo man

Now I never was rich, and I don't hope to be,
But if I woke up with a million, you see
I'd give up my castle, my mansion, my wife
Just to be a big bum for the rest of my life

Chiby chim chum chim cham
What a big bum I am
I want you to know
I'm the best hobo man"