BUMMIN' AROUND
(Words and Music by Pete Graves, 1953)
Boxcar Willie
Dean Martin
Hank Locklin
Hank Snow
Hank Thompson
Jimmy Dean
Perry Como
Ray Price
Tex Williams
Texas Tyler


I got an ol' slouch hat, 
got my roll on my shoulder 
I'm as free as a breeze 
an' do as I please, 
just a bummin' around . . . 

Gotta million friends, 
I don't feel any older 
I've got nothin' to lose 
not even the blues, 
just a bummin' around . . . 

Whenever worries start 
to botherin' me ( start botherin' me! ) 
I grab my coat, my ol' slouch hat, 
hit the trail again, 
you see . . . 

I ain't got a dime, 
don't care where I'm goin' 
I'm as free as a breeze 
an' do as I please, 
just a bummin' around! 

[ instrumental break ] 

I hit the trail again, 
you see . . . 

I ain't got a dime, 
don't care where I'm goin' 
I'm as free as a breeze 
an' do as I please, 
just a bummin' around . . . 

just a bummin' around . . . 
just a bummin' around . . . 
just a bummin' around . . . 



(Contributed by Bette Carl - February 2003)