Origins: Rough and Rambling Men?

Subject: Origins: Rough and Rambling Men?
From: Kernow John
Date: 25 Feb 04 - 02:32 PM

Yesterday I was loaned 20 CD's of tape recordings made at a folk club I helped run in the East End. These were made on 3.5" spools with a mic that looked like it came from a Christmas cracker, so the quality ain't good. But there is Carthy, Swarbrick, Brimstone, Murphy, Silvo, Foreman, Campbell, Al Stewart et al.
One of the songs is the one below, does anyone have any idea where it came from? I know the lyrics are not great but enthusiasm shown by the audience for the chorus makes me think it must have been well known.

To the same tune as Kelly the Boy from Killane

Rough and Rambling Men

Oh we traveled the road, like the troubadours of old
And sometimes the going's rough as hell
Got no visible means just a pair of faded jeans
One small pack and an old guitar as well
        
        So good luck to the rough and the rambling men
        All those bums who are numbered with the best
        Here's to Alex our pal and to Derrol as well
        And Woody and Cisco and the rest.


In the sun and the rain we've seen Switzerland and Spain
We've seen Belgium and Germany under snow
The Italian coast is fine and in France we loved the wine
But it's back to old England we go

        So good luck.....

By the banks of the Seine we have sung now and then
And the Riviera sands have scorched our feet
Sung in bars sung in dives just to keep ourselves alive
And to cinema queues out on the street

        So good luck..........

With the wind in your hair you haven't a care
As from country to country you roam
When your broke and your tired and your feet are all on fire
And you wish to Christ you had never left your home

        So good luck.............

Anyone know anything about it?

John