Tom Paxton - Ramblin' Boy free for downloading

I used to sing this wonderful song in my busking days, and can’t hear enough of it!

I had forgotten how good a singer Tom was, in addition to being a top notch songwriter. Knew him briefly at Oklahoma U

Tom Paxton is an Army Vet.

I learned to play guitar listening to this song in college. Forty years ago, on my 30th birthday, I saw Tom at a small local venue in Atlanta. At the break, I asked him if I could play it for him. Graciously, he invited me into the dressing room where he gave me one of his guitars and, together, we sang this song. He asked me what I did for a living (psychologist) and told me what a good profession to be in and that the life of a musician was very difficult. I think he knew how much I would have loved to have been one. Today, now retired, I play professionally for senior citizens and his songs are their favorites.

One of the first songs I learned to play on my guitar back in the 1960s. Exquisite!

Beautiful. Never heard the name Tom Paxton before, but will seach it out now.

I shall never grow tired of this wonderful song...........

I sang this with a folk quintet called THE RHYTHM FOLK. The audience was always absolutely still during a performance of this song. It still has that effect on me. Just listen and remember.