(Tom Paxton)
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He was a man and a friend always
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He stuck with me in the hard old days.
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He never cared if I had no dough,
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We rambled round in the rain and snow.
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And here¡¯s to you, my ramblin¡¯ boy,
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May all your ramblin¡¯ bring you joy.
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Here¡¯s to you, my ramblin¡¯ boy,
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May all your ramblin¡¯ bring you joy.
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In Tulsa town, we chanced to stray.
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We thought that we, we might work one day.
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The boss said he had room for one,
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Said my old pal, ¡°We¡¯d rather bum¡±.
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And here¡¯s to you, my ramblin¡¯ boy,
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May all your ramblin¡¯ bring you joy.
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Here¡¯s to you, my ramblin¡¯ boy,
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May all your ramblin¡¯ bring you joy.
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Then late one night in a jungle camp
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The weather it, it was cold and damp.
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He got the chills, he got ¡¯em bad,
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I lost the only friend I had.
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And here¡¯s to you, my ramblin¡¯ boy,
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May all your ramblin¡¯ bring you joy.
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Here¡¯s to you, my ramblin¡¯ boy,
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May all your ramblin¡¯ bring you joy.
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My ramblin¡¯ pal has rambled on,
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My ramblin¡¯ boy, he¡¯s dead and gone.
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If when we die, we go somewhere,
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I¡¯ll bet you a dollar he¡¯s ramblin¡¯ there.
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And here¡¯s to you, my ramblin¡¯ boy,
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May all your ramblin¡¯ bring you joy.
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Here¡¯s to you, my ramblin¡¯ boy,
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May all your ramblin¡¯ bring you joy.
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May all your ramblin¡¯ bring you joy.
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Ramblin' Boy
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Kinky Friedman |