HARD TRAVELLING

(Woody Guthrie) 
Arr. Ralph Mctell

I been doin' some hard travelin', 
I thought you knowed. 
I been doin'some hard ramblin',
Way down the road. 
I been doin'some hard ramblin',
Hard drinkin', hard gamblin', 
I been doin' some hard travelin', Lord. 

I been doin'some hard rock minin',
I thought you knowed; 
I been a-leanin'on a pressure drill, 
Way down the road. 
Hammer flyin', air hose suckin', 
Six feet of mud, I sure been a-muckin', 
I been doin'some travelin', Lord. 

I been a-laying in a hard rock jail
I thought you knowed; 
I been a-layin' out 90 days,
Way down the road. 
Well a mean old judge he said to me
It's 90 days for vagrancy
And I been doin'some travelin', Lord. 

I been ridin' them fast passengers,
I thought you knowed; 
I bin hittin' them flat wheelers,
Way down the road.
I bin riding them blind passengers
Dead enders, pickin' up cinders,
And I been doin'some travelin', Lord. 

I been doin' some hard harvestin', 
I thought you knowed; 
North Dakota to Kansas Ciity
Way down the road; 
Cuttin' that wheat and stackin' that hay, 
Tryin' to make about a dollar a day, 
I been doin' some hard harvestin', Lord. 

I been a-walkin' that Lincoln Highway, 
I thought you knowed; 
I been a-hittin' that sixty-six, 
Way down the road; 
Got a heavy load and a worried mind, 
Lookin' for a woman that's hard to find, 
I been a-havin' some hard travelin', Lord.