| Tom Paxton – Ramblin' Boy Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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In the old times there were different types of train riders . The Hobos were traveling workers. A term which came into use after the Civil Way, referring to the "Homeward Bound", HoBo.....They worked at building bridges and roads , picked fruit and crops and many other jobs They were wandering workers Next came the tramps who dreamed and wandered. They were more the people who did not fit in and stayed away from society. They were harmless souls . Then came the Bums and yeggs . These were the ones the did not want to work and many were involved in criminal activity. Safe crackers Robbers and beggars were all a part of this world , These are the ones that the Big Rock Candy Mountain is about not the Hobos Some of the slang words of the song is right from the Yeggs secret language. Yes they had there own words that they used . |
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