The Great American Bum-Cisco Houston/Woody Guthrie

[ti:The Great American Bum] [ar:Cisco Houston] [al:The Very Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:02.00]Come all you jolly jokers [00:03.34]If you want to have some fun [00:05.43]And listen while I relate the tale [00:07.12]Of the Great American Bum [00:08.32] [00:09.54]From the east and west and north and south [00:11.39]Like a swarm of bees they come [00:13.12]They sleep in the dirt and they wear a shirt [00:14.95]That's dirty and full of crumb [00:16.06] [00:16.57]I am a bum a jolly old bum [00:18.25]And I live like a royal Turk [00:20.00]And I have good luck [00:20.88]And I bum all my chuck [00:21.91]And to heck with the man that works [00:23.40] [00:25.45]It's early in the morning [00:26.77]When the dew is on the ground [00:28.87]The bum arises from his nest [00:30.46]And gazes all around [00:32.20]Well going east they're loaded [00:33.82]And going west sealed tight [00:35.73]I reckon we'll have to ride [00:37.09]Aboard the fast express tonight [00:39.08]I am a bum a jolly old bum [00:40.84]And I live like a royal Turk [00:42.11] [00:42.63]And I have good luck [00:43.56]And I bum all my chuck [00:44.53]And to heck with the man that works [00:46.30] [00:47.92]I beat my way from Frisco [00:49.35]To the rockbound coast of Maine [00:51.20]From Canada to Mexico [00:52.52]And then all the way back again [00:54.21] [00:57.14]Well I met a man the other day [00:59.00]That I never met before [01:00.60]And he asked me if I wanted a job [01:02.56]A shoveling iron ore [01:04.06]I asked what the wages was [01:05.44]And he said "Ten cents a ton" [01:07.51]I said "Oh fella go scratch your neck [01:10.01]I'd rather be on the bum " [01:11.78]I am a bum a jolly old bum [01:13.64]And I live like a royal Turk [01:15.38]And I have good luck [01:16.20]And I bum all my chuck [01:17.19]And to heck with the man that works [01:18.54] [01:19.74]Oh lady would you be kind enough [01:21.24]To give me something to eat [01:22.98]A piece of bread and butter [01:24.38]And a tender slice of meat [01:26.46]Some apple pie and custard [01:27.77]Just to tickle my appetite [01:29.84]For really I'm so hungry [01:31.22]Don't know where I'll sleep tonight [01:33.07]I am a bum a jolly old bum [01:34.71]And I live like a royal Turk [01:36.71]And I have good luck [01:37.51]And I bum all my chuck [01:38.49]And to heck with the man that works [01:41.30]The Great American Bum - Cisco Houston