My Rough and Rowdy Ways

My Rough and Rowdy Ways - Jimmie Rodgers (吉米·罗杰斯)

For years and years I've rambled

Drank my wines and gambled

But one day I thought

I'd settle down

I met a perfect lady

She said she'd be my baby

We built a cottage

In the old hometown

But somehow I can't forget

My good old rambling days

The railroad trains are calling me away

I may be rough

I may be wild

I may be tough and countrified

But I can't give up

My good old rough and rowdy ways

Sometimes I meet a bounder

Who knew me when I was a rounder

He grabs my hand and says boy

Have a drink

We'd go down to the poolroom

Get in the gang and then soon

The daylight comes before I'd had a wink

But somehow I can't forget

My good old rambling days

The railroad trains are calling me away

I may be rough

I may be wild

I may be tough and countrified

But I can't give up

My good old rough and rowdy ways