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Thread #45834 Message #3792192
Posted By: Joe Offer
25-May-16 - 07:55 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ramblin' Boy (Tom Paxton)
Subject: DT Corr: Ramblin' Boy (Tom Paxton)
Here's my transcription from the 1964 Tom Paxton recording. Parts that are different from the Digital Tradition, are in italics. The DT lyrics may be a correct transcription of another Paxton recording, but they don't match the 1964 recording that I gather is original. If anyone finds a Paxton recording that matches the DT lyrics, let me know.
RAMBLIN' BOY (corrected)
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
CHORUS And here's to you my ramblin' boy May all your ramblin' bring you joy 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"
Late one night in a jungle camp The weather it was cold damp He got the chills, and he got 'em bad They took the only friend I had
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
------------------------------------------------------------------- Words and music by Tom Paxton, copyright 1963 Cherry Lane Music. Recorded on his Rambling Boy album and on Judy Collins' Songbook.