Lyrics
You see him down in a railroad town, his head hung down in shame Hobo, don t ever forsake your loved ones
Left his happy home, his sweetheart begged him to stay
he sets in a gamblin game
he robbed a travelin man
His life is filled with crime now, his father s advice his mother s prayers, he robbed a travelin man
Your loved ones and your home, but none could keep this reckless boy, wandered away from his parents dear
For he never wrote home again, his father warned and his mother prayed, for he never wrote home again
don t ever forsake your loved ones
Wherever you may roam, his life is filled with crime now
his father warned and his mother prayed
From ramblin far away, wherever you may roam
now all you boys remember
wandered away from his parents dear
to ramble and to roam
His sweetheart begged him to stay, his sweetheart s tears were vain
His head hung down in shame, or your parents kind and true Hobo, he robbed a travelin man
Don t ever forsake your loved ones, his thoughts go back to home
upon a moonless midnight
from ramblin far away
his father warned and his mother prayed
upon a moonless midnight
his head hung down in shame
but none could keep this reckless boy
the jury gave him twenty-one years
To ramble and to roam, you see him down in a railroad town
Remember wherever you travel, you see him down in a railroad town, left his happy home
for he never wrote home again
His sweetheart begged him to stay, his thoughts go back to home, a bottle of rum to end his gloom
Or your parents kind and true, his sweetheart begged him to stay Rafael, they never knew what became of him
And all the ones who beg d him not, his father s advice his mother s prayers
Don t ever forsake your loved ones, you see him down in a railroad town, upon a moonless midnight