Travelling Drummer - Ian & Sylvia

I am a travelling drummer

I live out on the road

I sell my goods from door to door

To lighten up my load, boys, lighten up my load

I used to be a fireman

Out on the county line

But the town took over ten of us

And fired us all but nine, boys, fired us all but nine

I had a wife and family

In a home in Chamberlain

But she ran off with a factory hand

And I never went back again, boys, never went back again

Some time when I get lonely

And nights get over long

I’ll find an all-night bar girl

And I’ll take her home at dawn, boys, take her home at dawn

I’ll find myslf a cheap hotel

When I gt into town

A bottle of gin and a lumpy bed

To lay my body down, boys, lay my body down

I’d like to give up drummin'

But I’m too old to try

If nobody makes me a millionaire

I’ll travel 'til I die, boys, travel 'til I die