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The Bum Song
Ook wel: Hallelujah, I'm a bum
Muziek: voor 1789, 'Revive Us Again', John Husband (1760-1825)
- When springtime does come, oh, won't we have fun!
We'll throw up our jobs and we'll go on the bum.
Hallelujah, I'm a bum,
hallelujah, bum again,
hallelujah, give us a handout
to revive us again. - I went up to a house and I knocked on the door.
A lady came out, says: "You've been here before!"
- I went up to a house and asked for some bread.
A lady came out, says: "The baker is dead."
- I went up to a house, asked for a pair of pants.
A lady came out, says: "I don't clothe no tramps!"
- I went into a saloon and I bummed him for a drink.
He gave me a glass and he showed me the sink.
- Oh, I love my boss and my boss loves me
and that is the reason that I'm so hungry.
- Oh, why don't I work like all other men do?
How the hell do we work when there's no work to do?
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Historische context
Er is een versie geprint door Industrial Workers of the World uit 1908 die twintig jaar ouder is als de in de studentencodex gebruikte tekst. Deze gaat als volgt:
Why don't you work like other folks do?
How the hell can I work when there's no work to do?Oh, why don't you save all the money you earn?
If I didn't eat, I'd have money to burn.Whenever I get all the money I earn,
The boss will be broke, and to work he must turn.Oh, I like my boss, he's a good friend of mine,
That's why I am starving out on the bread line.When springtime it comes, oh, won't we have fun;
We'll throw off our jobs, and go on the bum.
Keerzang:
Hallelujah, I'm a bum,
Hallelujah, bum again,
Hallelujah, give us a handout
To revive us again.