The Great American Bum Lyrics

The other night when I came home, So drunk I could not see I got tangled up in the old doormat Fell flat as I could be And I had me a little old bottle of rum And I did have any m...Read Full Lyrics

Well old Mr. Johnson Had troubles all his own He had an old yellow cat That wouldn't leave home Tried everything he knew to do To get the cat to stay away Even took him up to Ca...Read Full Lyrics

As I set down one evening in a timber town cafe A six foot-seven waitress, to me these words did say "I see you are a logger and not a common bum For no one but a logger stirs his ...Read Full Lyrics

Oh, when I was a young boy And drove my mother wild, I met a maiden in the woods And she said "Child, look deep into my green eyes And at my autumn hair, When you're a man you'l...Read Full Lyrics

The fox went out on a chilly night Prayed for the moon to give him light For he had many a mile to go that night Before he reached the town o Before he reached the town o He ran ...Read Full Lyrics

I went down to old Joe's bar room, On the corner by the square Well, the drinks were bein' served as usual, And this motley crowd was there Well, on my left stood Joe McKenned...Read Full Lyrics

I am walkin' down this track I've got tears in my eyes I'm tryin' to read a letter from my home An' ifthis train runs me right I'll be home Saturday night 'Cause I'm nine hundred...Read Full Lyrics

He came to town and he looked around, And he said, "This is for me." He had a pack on his big strong back, He was tall as a redwood tree. Well the girls passed by and he winked his...Read Full Lyrics

Dobe Bill, he went a-riding Through the canyon, in the glow Of a quiet Sunday morning From the town of Angelo Ridin' easy on that pinto That he dearly loved to straddle, With a ...Read Full Lyrics

I ride an old paint, lead an old dam, Goin' to Montana to throw the houlihan. Feed 'em in the coulees, and water in the draw, Tails are all matted and their backs are all raw. Cho...Read Full Lyrics