Ramblin' Reckless Hobo

Ramblin' Reckless Hobo - Various Artists

A ramblin' reckless hobo

Left his happy home

Wandered away from his parents dear

To ramble and to roam

His father warned and his mother prayed

His sweetheart begged him to stay

But none could keep this reckless boy

From ramblin' far away

You see him down in a railroad town

His head hung down in shame

A bottle of rum to end his gloom

He sets in a gamblin' game

His life is filled with crime now

His thoughts go back to home

And all the ones who beg'd him not

To ramble and to roam

Upon a moonless midnight

He robbed a travelin' man

The jury gave him twenty one years

In a jail in Birmingham

His father's advice his mother's prayers

His sweetheart's tears were vain

They never knew what became of him

For he never wrote home again

Now all you boys remember

These words I'm tellin' you

Don't ever forsake your loved ones

Or your parents kind and true

Remember wherever you travel

Wherever you may roam

You'll never find what you left behind

Your loved ones and your home