Great Historical Bum-Odetta

[ti:Great Historical Bum] [ar:Odetta/Bob Gibson/Bill Lee] [al:Folk At It's Best - Pick a Bale of Cotton] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Great Historical Bum - Odetta [00:14.51]I'm just a lonesome traveler [00:15.93] [00:16.82]A great historical bum [00:18.04] [00:19.18]Highly educated through history I have come [00:22.80] [00:23.93]I built the rock of ages [00:25.78]It was in the year of one [00:27.34] [00:28.17]That's about the biggest thing [00:30.37]That man has ever done [00:31.66] [00:37.63]I built the garden of eden [00:39.37]It was in the year of two [00:41.33]Joined the apple pickers union [00:42.78] [00:43.64]And I always paid my due [00:45.07] [00:46.01]I'm the man that signed the contract [00:47.62] [00:48.30]To raise the rising sun [00:49.62] [00:50.78]That's about the biggest thing [00:52.51]That man has ever done [00:53.95] [01:01.60]I was straw boss on the pyramids [01:03.22] [01:04.06]And the tower of babel too [01:05.29] [01:10.36]I opened up the ocean [01:11.55] [01:12.49]Let the migrant children through [01:13.97] [01:14.80]I fought a million battles and I never lost a one [01:18.58] [01:19.65]That's about the biggest thing [01:21.56]That man has ever done [01:22.99] [01:27.87]I fought the revolution that set this country free [01:31.41] [01:32.42]It was me and a couple of indians [01:34.39]That dumped the boston tea [01:35.84] [01:36.51]I won't the battle of valley forge [01:38.87]And the battle of bully run [01:40.26] [01:41.25]And that's about the biggest thing [01:43.01]That men has ever done [01:44.53] [01:47.39]I'm just a lonesome traveler [01:49.08] [01:49.61]A great historical bum [01:51.01] [01:52.17]Highly educated through history I have come [01:55.49] [01:56.04]I built the rock of ages it was in the year of one [01:59.58] [02:00.21]That's about the biggest thing man has ever done [02:03.82] [02:06.70]I said [02:07.10]That's about the biggest thing that can't ever done