My Rough And Rowdy Ways Lyrics

For years and years I've rambled
I drank my wine and gambled
But then one day I thought I'd settle down

I met a sweet little lady
And she told me that she'd be my baby
We build a cottage in the old hometown

I can't forget my good old rambling days
Them old freight trains keep calling me always
I may be rough, may be wild
May act tough but it's just my style
'Cause I can't forget my good old rough and rowdy ways

Sometimes when I meet a bounder
Who knew me when I was a rounder
He grabs my hand and he'll say, "Boy, have a drink"

We go down to the poolroom
Get in the gang and then soon
It's broad daylight and I ain't had a wink

I can't forget my good old rambling days
Them old freight trains keep calling me always
May be rough, may be wild
May act tough but it's just my style
'Cause I can't forget my good old rough and rowdy ways

Doc Watson - The Essential Doc Watson

Oct 1990

1. Tom Dooley
2. Alberta
3. Froggie Went A-Courtin'
4. Beaumont Rag
5. St. James Hospital
6. Muskrat
7. Down In The Valley To Pray
8. Blue Railroad Train
9. Rising Sun Blues
10. Shady Grove
11. My Rough And Rowdy Ways
12. The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
13. Black Mountain Rag
14. I Was A Stanger
15. Blueridge Mountain Blues
16. Country Blues
17. Groundhog
18. Little Orphan Girl
19. Blackberry Blossom
20. Going Down This Road Feeling Bad
21. Rambling Hobo
22. Little Omie Wise
23. Handsome Molly
24. Whitehouse Blues
25. I Want To Love Him More
26. Way Downtown