Ramblin' around your cities, ramblin' around your towns
I never see a friend I know as I go ramblin' 'round, boys
As I go ramblin' 'round
My mother prayed that I might be a man of some renown
But I am just a refugee as I go a ramblin' 'round, boys
As I go a ramblin' 'round
My sweetheart and my family, I've left in my hometown
I'm out to do the best I can as I go ramblin' 'round, boys
As I go ramblin' 'round
The fruit trees they are loaded, the limbs are bendin' down
I'll pick them all day for a dollar, boys, as I go ramblin' 'round
As I go ramblin' 'round
Sometimes the fruit gets rotten, and it falls down on the ground
There's a hungry mouth for every peach that falls down on the ground, boys
That falls down on the ground
Sometimes I wish I could marry, marry and settle down
But I can't save a penny as I go ramblin' 'round, boys
As I go a ramblin' 'round
Ramblin' around your cities, ramblin' around your towns
I never see a friend I know as I go ramblin' 'round, boys
As I go ramblin' 'round