Hobo Blues

When I first started hoboin', hoboin', boy I took a freight train to be my friend, oh Lord Mmm You know I hobo'd, hobo'd, hobo'd, hobo'd Hobo'd a long, long way from home, oh Lord You know my mother she followed me that morning, me that morning, that morning She followed me down to the yard, oh Lord Mmm She said my son he's gone, he's gone, he's gone, he's gone Yes, he's gone in the world somewhere, oh Lord Mmm You know I left my dear old mother, dear old mother, dear old mother She was on her knees a'crying, oh Lord Mmm You know I hobo'd, hobo'd, hobo'd, hobo'd Hobo'd a long, long way from home, oh Lord