When I first started hoboin' 'Boin', 'boin' You know I took a freight train To be my friend Oh, when I first started hoboin' I had a lonesome freight train For my friend I said I'm gonna hobo, hobo Mmmm... You know what I hobo'd, hobo'd I hobo'd a long way from my home Don't you know that I hobo'd I hobo'd a long way from my home I said "well it's hard to be a hobo Ah, while alone" Mmmm... Yes you know my mama followed me down In the still of the mornin' Oh, just to show that she cared You know my mama followed me down In the still of the mornin' Yeah, just to show that she cared She said "you know that my child is a hobo Ah-huh, in a well somewhere" Mmmm...