Ray Lawrence Jr. - Hobo Story lyrics

Key of C V1.) Down by the river bottom In the jungle by the track when a hobo jumps a freight train he aint never comin' back. Life there's tougher than a rail yard, twice as hard to catch a train, when you're heart is fond of ramblin' you gotta hit the rails again. V2.) When you ride inside a boxcar be careful how you run gotta make sure you don't wind up on the wrong side of a gun. Then one day some day maybe you'll leave the hobo's life settle in a city with a gal who'll be you wife. V3.) Sometimes when you ride the rails it gets hard to survive sometimes you'll meet old hobos that are still alive. The stories they tell are many you can learn a thing or two like I learned from my grand dad who was a hobo too. V4.) Grand dad rode the rails back in the good old days so when I was a young lad I learned some hobo ways. I learned about white lightning and elderberry wine and how to make that hobo stew that tasted mighty fine. V5.) So that's my hobo story just one of many tales that I learned from my grand dad who really rode the rails. Now grand dad's up in heaven prob'ly ridin' on a train if there's freight trains up in heaven he'll ride a boxcar once again.