Key: F major
Verse 1
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Oh, listen to the
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song of the hobo,
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Riding on the eastbound train,
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Amid the cinders fly ing
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Oh, listen to the sweet refrain,
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We're just a jolly bunch of hobos,
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No money, not a job can we find.
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We're just a -goin' a little
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farther down the line.
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Some folks say we have no worries,
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No taxes, gas, or coal bills to pay.
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We get our heat and gas
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from the old smokestack,
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As the old train is rattling
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Now, we never stop to worry
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The engineers watching the line.
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All we gotta do is watch the Mountie
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But we don't have much trouble
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getting off in time.
Oh, his coat and button's
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glistening in the sunshine
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And at his belt is hung a wicked gun ,
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Because depression made
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us all go on the bum.
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They say it's nice for us to make
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new acquaintances,
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Many times we're
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Fourteen days in jail for ridin' on the rail
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And then we all
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get throwin' in the jug
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Do the police ever stop to consider
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That we are helpin' them hold their job?
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keepin' us all on the run
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They'd all be with us ridin' on the run
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The cops are a -headin' down our way
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Now I wonder where they think
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We're a jolly bunch of hobos
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No money, not a job can we find
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farther down the line.
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