Allan, here are the words to the other two songs. I got bumped off line while editing the text, so there is a slight chance of a double post, since I could not find what I had been working on.

TRAVELLING DRUMMER
(Sylvia Fricker)

I am a travelling drummer. I live out on the road.
I sell my goods from door to door to lighten up my load,
Boys, lighten up my load.

I used to be a fireman out on the county line,
But the town took over ten of us and fired us all but nine,
Boys, fired us all but nine

I had a wife and family in a home in Chamberlain (-land?)
But she ran off with a factory hand and I never went back again,
Boys, never went back again.

Some time when I get lonely and nights get over long,
I'll find an all-night bar girl and I'll take her home at dawn,
Boys, take her home at dawn.

I'll find myself a cheap hotel when I get into town,
A bottle of gin and a lumpy bed to lay my body down,
Boys, lay my body down.

I'd like to give up drummin' but I'm too old to try.
If nobody makes me a millionaire, I'll travel 'til I die,
Boys, travel 'til I die.

COME IN STRANGER
Words and music by Johnny Cash
As recorded by Johnny Cash on "All Aboard the Blue Train" (1958)

She said, "Come in, stranger.
It's good to have you home.
I hurried through 'cause I knew it was you
When I saw your dog waggin' his tail.
Honey, why didn't you let me know by mail?
You been gone so long."

She said, "Come in, stranger.
I know you're weary from all the miles.
Just sit right there in your easy chair
And tell me all about the places you've been,
How long it'll be before you leave again.
I hope it's a long, long while."

She said, "Come in, stranger.
Everything around home is fine.
I've watched and I've waited for you to get back
And I missed you all the time."

She said, "Come in, stranger.
Oh, how I miss you when you're gone.
I walk the floor and I watch the door,
And when I lie awake and wonder where you can be,
I'd give anything to have you here with me.
I get so lonesome all alone."

She said, "Come in, stranger,
And won't you listen to my plea?
Stay long enough so the one I love
Is not a stranger to me.

happy singing

rich r