He was a man and a friend always he stuck with me in the hard old days He never cared if I had no dough we rambled round in the rain and snow And here's to you, my ramblin' boy May all your ramblin' bring you joy And here's to you, my ramblin' boy May all your ramblin' bring you joy In Tulsa town we chanced to straight we thought we'd try to work one day The boss said he had a room for one said my old pal we'd rather bum And here's to you, my ramblin' boy May all your ramblin' bring you joy And here's to you, my ramblin' boy May all your ramblin' bring you joy Then late one night in a jungle camp the weather it was cold and damp And he got the chills and got them bad they took the only friend I had And here's to you, my ramblin' boy May all your ramblin' bring you joy And here's to you, my ramblin' boy May all your ramblin' bring you joy May all your ramblin' bring you joy