Ramblin' Rose - Acker Bilk

Ramblin' rose, ramblin' rose Why you ramble? No one knows Wild and wind-blown, that's how you've grown Who can cling to a ramblin' rose? Ramble on, ramble on When your ramblin' days are gone Who will love you with a love true When your ramblin' days are gone? Ramblin' rose, ramblin' rose Why I want you, heaven knows Though I love you with a love true Who can cling to a ramblin' rose? One more time, everybody, now Ramblin' rose, ramblin' rose Why I want you, heaven knows Though I love you with a love true Who can cling to a ramblin' rose?

Lay me down easy Lay me down hard Light my cigarette and make my bed Somewhere beneath the stars I was born a blue child Of the wild western sky But I left my prairie home Found a boxcar for to ride Now I'm way down in Okema Earning blisters on my feet With my guitar and my buck knife Thumbing down Woody Guthrie Street So lay me down easy Lay me down hard Light my cigarette and make my bed Somewhere beneath the stars Don't look for me in glory Don't look for me below 'Cause I'll be riding on that freight Where the souls of ramblers go And there's a sadness that follows Most everywhere I roam You can see it on my smile You can smell it on my clothes Sometimes all that running It never lasts too long So keep me good and loaded And I'll keep singing songs Lay me down easy Lay me down hard Light my cigarette and make my bed Somewhere beneath the stars Don't look for me in glory Don't look for me below 'Cause I'll be riding on that freight Where the souls of ramblers go If I don't leave here tomorrow I believe I'll blow out my brains But either way there'll be sorrow And you won't be seeing me again Lay me down easy Lay me down hard Light my cigarette and make my bed Somewhere beneath the stars Don't look for me in glory Dont look for me below 'Cause I'll be riding on that freight Where the souls of ramblers go

Well, I love you, baby But you gotta understand When the Lord made me He made a ramblin' woman He made me, he made me Some folks Some folks might say that I'm no good That I wouldn't settle down if I only could I love to see the towns go crawling by There's something I've got to do Before I die I love you, baby But you gotta understand When the Lord made me He made a ramblin' woman He made me, he made me Some people say That I do just fine 'Cause I hear sweet song Moving down the line And when that old southern train come a-calling me There's something over the hill I just got to see Well, I love you I love you, baby But you've gotta understand When the Lord made me He made me He made a ramblin' woman He made me, he made me Now, when I'm gone When I'm gone and at my grave you stand Just say God called home your ramblin' woman I love you I love you, baby But you've gotta understand He made me a ramblin' woman He made me

Take me to heart and I'll always love you And nobody can make me do wrong Take me for granted, leaving love unsure Makes will-power weak and temptation strong A woman's only human You should understand she's not just a plaything She's flesh and blood just like her man If you want a do-right-all-day woman You've got to be a do-right-all-night man They say that it's a man's world Well, you can improve that by me And as long as we're together, baby Show some respect for me A woman's only human You should understand she's not just a plaything She's flesh and blood just like her man If you want a do-right-all-day woman You've got to be a do-right-all-night man

Here I stand, watching the tide go out So all alone and blue Just dreaming dreams of you I watched your ship as it sailed out to sea Taking all my dreams And taking all of me The sighing of the waves The wailing of the wind The tears in my eyes burn Pleading, "My love, return Why, oh, why must I go on like this? Shall I just be a lonely stranger on the shore? The sighing of the waves The wailing of the wind The tears in my eyes burn Pleading, "My love, return Why, oh, why must I go on like this? Shall I just be a lonely stranger on the shore?