Hard Travelin' Hootenanny

---

Woody Guthrie, 1941. Also known as "Hard Travelin'".

---

Performances

^{Performed live 1 times.}

---

• 1996-09-29 Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH

Released on Album

A live version is released on 'Til We Outnumber 'Em (Compilation, 2000) (recorded September 29, 1996).

Lyrics

Hard Travelin' Hootenanny (Live Version) September 29, 1996

[spoken] Are we here?
Yep!
Guess so.
Yeah? Alright!

I been doing some hard travelin', I thought you'd know
I been doing some hard travelin' way down the road
I been doing some hard travelin', hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
I been doing some hard travelin', Lord

I been ridin' them fast rattlers, I thought you'd know
I been ridin' them flat-wheelers way down the road
Yeah, I been ridin' them blind passengers, dead enders, kickin' up cinders
I been havin' some hard travelin', Lord

I been doing some hard travelin', I thought you'd know
I been doing some hard travelin' way down the road
I been doing some hard travelin', hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
I been doing some hard travelin', Lord

I been hitting some hard rock mining, I thought you'd know
I been leanin' on a pressure drill way down the road
Hammer flyin', air hose suckin', six foot of mud, and I sure been a-muckin'
I been hittin' some hard travelin', Lord, whoah!

I been hittin' some hard harvestin', I thought you'd know
North Dakota to Kansas City way down the road
Cuttin' that hay, making that hay, tryin' to make about a dollar a day
I been havin' some hard travelin', Lord

I been doing some hard travelin', I thought you'd know
I been doing some hard travelin' way down the road
I been doing some hard travelin', hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
I been doing some hard travelin', Lord

I been workin' at Pittsburgh Steel, I thought you'd know
I been workin' that red-hot slag way down the road
I been blastin', I been firin', I been pourin' red-hot iron
I been havin' some hard travelin', Lord

Well, I've been layin' in a hard rock jail, I thought you'd know
I been laying there ninety days way down the road
Hello Judge, you sentenced me to ninety days for vagrancy
And I been travelin' hard, Lord, whoah!

I been walkin' that Lincoln Highway, I thought you knowed
I been inching on sixty-six way down the road, not kidding you
Heavy load and a worried mind, lookin' for a woman it's a-hard to find
I been doin' some hard travelin', Lord

I been doing some hard travelin', I thought you'd know
I been doing some hard travelin' way down the road
I been doing some hard travelin', hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
I been doing some hard travelin', Lord
Whoah!

[spoke] Ha ha ha. Ha ha!

Visit SpringsteenLyrics.com for other versions of this song.

---

Disclaimer | © 1996 - 2023 | Brucebase