[Verse 1]
I am a travellin' drummer
I live out on the road
I sell my goods from door to door
Lighten up my load, boys, lighten up my load

[Verse 2]
I used to be a fireman
Out on the county line
But the town took over ten of us
And they fired us all but nine, boys, fired us all but nine

[Verse 3]
I had a wife and family
In a home in Chamberlain
But she ran off with a factory hand
And I never went back again, boys, never went back again

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]
Some time when I get lonely
And nights get over long
I'll find an all-night bar girl
And take her home at dawn, boys, take her homе at dawn
[Verse 5]
I'll find myself a cheap hotel
Whеn I get into town
A bottle of gin and a lumpy bed
To lay my body down, boys, lay my body down

[Verse 6]
I'd like to give up drummin'
But I'm too old to try
If nobody makes me a millionaire
I'll travel 'til I die, boys, travel 'til I die