My Rough And Rowdy Ways - Merle Haggard, The Strangers

MY ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS

(Jimmie Rodgers)

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For years and years I’ve rambled I drank my wine and gambled

But one day I thought I would settle down

I have met a perfect lady she said she’d be my baby

We built a cottage in the old hometown

But somehow I can’t give up my good old rambling ways

Lord the railroad trains are calling me away

I may be rough I may be wild I may be tough and that’s just my style

I can’t give up my good old rough and rowdy ways

But somehow I can’t give up…