Hobo Blues

When I first started hoboin', hoboin', boy I took a freight train to be my friend, oh Lord You know I hobo'd, hobo'd, hobo'd, hobo'd Hobo'd a long, long way from home, oh Lord Yeah, my mother followed me That morning, me that morning, morning She followed me down to the yard, oh-yeah 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-yeah Mm... Yet, I left my dear old mother, dear old mother I left her on her knees crying, oh Lord Take care of my child Take care, oh Take care of my child, mm