Hobo oh oh bum bum bah blue hobo Bummin' round oh lonesome hobo I saw a freight train leavin' town A lonesome hobo was bummin' it down I wonder if he knows which a way that train goes Oh hobo oh oh blue hobo bummin' round oh lonesome hobo [ guitar ] I met a lady just down the street And she asked me by chance if I happened to meet A ragged little guy with no shoes on his feet That was the hobo oh oh that I saw With his roll on his back he caught a train just down the track She said she had made the mistake of her life When she no longer said she would be his true wife And the babies keep crying for their daddy each night Oh hobo oh oh please come back they still love you blue hobo