Ramblin' Robin

When first I left childhood and come to a man,
The nation to ramble through soon I began.
A wandering thought would it come to my mind,
They christened me Ramblin' Robin.

When first out of childhood I came to a man,
To wander the nation through soon I began.
For a wandering notion came into my mind,
And they christened me Rambling Robin.

O'er hill and o'er mountain I used for to go,
I slept in the wood and the frost and the snow.
And no anxiety came to my mind;
Contented was Rambling Robin.

And I wandered o'er mountains and valleys below,
I slept in the woods in the frost and the snow.
And no anxiety came to my mind.
Contented was Ramblin' Robin.

But the wind and the rain they gave me quite cold,
My parents behind me were both very old.
My father did weep and my mother did cry
For the loss of their Ramblin' Robin.

Content was I through wet and through cold
But my parents behind me were both very old.
My father did weep and my mother did cry
With grief for their Rambling Robin.

When sixteen long years they was over and past,
My poor mother's sorrow was ended at last.
My father the nation did range to and fro
In search of his Ramblin' Robin.

And when my past folly was come to an end,
To my own village I soon did attend.
The neighbors told me my parents were dead
With loss of their Ramblin' Robin.

When fifteen long years they were over and past,
To my own native village I came back a last.
They told me my mother and father were dead
With grief for their Rambling Robin.

Where now shall I wander, oh where shall I go?
I am so oppressed with sorrow and woe.
I'll sit down and cry till the day that I die,
There's an end to old Ramblin' Robin.

Oh, where shall I wander now, where shall I go?
I am so oppressed with sorrow and woe.
I'll sit down and cry till the day that I die,
Here's an end to old Rambling Robin.