My Ramblin' Boy
Mel Tillis · Mr. Mel [Kapp] [1967]
(Tom Paxton - Bill Phillips - Gordon Terry)
He was a man and a friend always
He stuck with me in the hard old days
He never cared if I had no dough
We rambled 'round in the rain and snow.
And here's to you my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy
And here's to you my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
In Tulsa town we chanced to straight
We thought we'd try to work one day
The boss said he had a room for one
Said my old pal we'd rather bum.
And here's to you my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy
And here's to you my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
--- Instrumental ---
Then late one night in a jungle camp
The weather it was cold and damp
And he got the chills and got them bad
They took the only friend I had.
And here's to you my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy
And here's to you my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
May all your ramblin' bring you joy...
He was a man and a friend always
He stuck with me in the hard old days
He never cared if I had no dough
We rambled 'round in the rain and snow.
And here's to you my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy
And here's to you my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
In Tulsa town we chanced to straight
We thought we'd try to work one day
The boss said he had a room for one
Said my old pal we'd rather bum.
And here's to you my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy
And here's to you my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
--- Instrumental ---
Then late one night in a jungle camp
The weather it was cold and damp
And he got the chills and got them bad
They took the only friend I had.
And here's to you my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy
And here's to you my ramblin' boy
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
May all your ramblin' bring you joy...