He was a man and a friend always We rambled on in the bad old days He never cared if I had no dough He stuck with me in the rain and snow And here's to you, my ramblin' boy May all your ramblin' bring you joy Here's to you, my ramblin' boy May all your ramblin' bring you joy In Tulsa town we chanced to stray We thought we try and work one day The boss said he had room for one Said my old pal, We'd rather bum Late one night in a jungle camp The weather it was cold and damp He got the chills and he got them bad I lost the only friend I had He left me here to ramble on My ramblin' pal is dead and gone When we die, we go somewhere I'll bet you a dollar he'll be ramblin' there