"The Tramp" should bw added to the heading of this thread.

Digression- Several songs about tramps, unrelated to the one posted by Dixon, with variation by Dewey.

I Am a Tramp, M. A. Mathiot, 1883 (At American Memory).

Only a Tramp, George M. Vickers, 1878 (Levy Sheet Music Collection).

The "Crickets" Tramp Song, or, Remember that a Poor Tramp Has to Live, J. C. Sorg, 1889.

etc.