He was a man and a friend always
We rambled on in the bad old days
He never cared if I had no dough,
He stuck with me in the rain and snow
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And here's to you, my ramblin' boy,
May all your ramblin' bring you joy
Here's to you, my ramblin' boy,
May all your ramblin' bring you joy
In tulsa town we chanced to stray
We thought we try and work one day
The boss said he had room for one,
Said my old pal, ``we'd rather bum''
Late one night in a jungle camp
The weather it was cold and damp
He got the chills and he got them bad,
I lost the only friend I had
He left me here to ramble on,
My ramblin' pal is dead and gone
When we die, we go somewhere,
I'll bet you a dollar he'll be ramblin' there