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06 May 05 - 03:59 PM (#1479588) Subject: Lyr Add: THE HOBO BUILT THE RIGHT OF WAY From: Franz S. Fran DeLorenzo recorded, and Bruce Phillips played on Loafer's Glory #30, a poem. Fran tells me the author is unknown to him, but he thinks he may have got the poem from George Milburn's book "The Hobo's Hornbook". Here's the poem ( I know it's not a song...well, I don't think it's a song...it COULD be a song... maybe someone will make it a song.): THE HOBO BUILT THE RIGHT OF WAY The hobo built the right of way That reaches from coast to coast Over which the fast trains run Of which we proudly boast. But the hobo does not ride the train When he wishes to take a trip. He hits the ties between the rails And carries his blanket and grip. Although he built the right of way Over which trains go and come, He is slated in the Book of Life As just a common bum. Driven about from place to place With no bed on which to lay, Only the leaves in the jungle Along the right of way. The engine shrieks a loud shrill blast As it passes the hobo by. The headshack gives him a leering grin As he trudges, tie on tie, Never thinking the hobo clan Were the ones who blazed the way. Over the plains and through the hills They made the right of way. Can anyone give me a title, an author, or even confirmation that this is in fact from "The Hobo's Hornbook"? |
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06 May 05 - 04:01 PM (#1479590) Subject: RE: Origins: The hobo built the right-of-way From: Franz S. Darn! I thought I had proofread that. Sorry, Fran Delorenzo. |
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06 May 05 - 05:42 PM (#1479670) Subject: RE: Origins: The hobo built the right-of-way From: Mark Ross Franz, I will check my copy of the HORNBOOK this evening. Mark Ross |