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06. Wild/Bums
06. Wild/Bumscurrentmemo5XA, Jam on B until coda We sing a verse or two of A (Hallelujah, I'm a Bum.)B (Wild Tchoupitoulas)is based on a NOLA Mardi Gras tribe song by the Meters and Professor Long HairFcharts
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Hallelujah! I'm a bum, Hallelujah bum again
Hallelujah! give us a handout and revive us again
I went to a house and I knocked on the door
A lady says, " Bum, bum, you been here before"
I went to a house, and I asked for some bread
A lady says, " Bum, bum, the baker is dead"
Oh why dont you work like other folk do
How the hell can I work when there's no work to do
Oh why don't you work like other folks do
How can I get a job when you're holding down two
Oh, I love my boss and my boss loves me
And that is the reason I'm so hungry
Oh why don't you save all the money you earn
Well if I didn't eat, I'd have money to burn
Oh, I like my boss, he's a good friend of mine
And that's why I'm starving out in the breadline
Whenever I get all the money I earn
The boss will be broke and to work he must turn
Final chorus Hallelujah! I'm a bum, Hallelujah bum again
Hallelujah! give us sixpence for Christ's sake Amen
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