My Rough and Rowdy Ways
Embracing My Wild Past: Hank Thompson's Rough and Rowdy Ways
Lyrics
MY ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS
Expressing a self-aware acknowledgment of the speaker's rough and rowdy nature.
(Jimmie Rodgers)
Credits Jimmie Rodgers as the songwriter.
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Copyright information for the song.
For years and years I've rambled drank my wines and gambled
Reflecting on a history of wandering, drinking, and gambling.
But one day I thought I'd settle down
Expressing a desire to settle down after a life of wandering.
I met a perfect lady she said she'd be my baby
Introducing a lady who becomes the speaker's romantic partner.
We built a cottage in the old hometown
Building a home together in the speaker's hometown.
But somehow I can't forget my good old rambling days
Struggling to forget the speaker's adventurous and carefree past.
The railroad trains are calling me away
Feeling the pull of the railroad trains, indicating a desire to continue traveling.
I may be rough I may be wild I may be tough and countrified
Acknowledging the speaker's rough, wild, tough, and countrified nature.
But I can't give up my good old rough and rowdy ways
Expressing the difficulty of giving up the speaker's rough and rowdy lifestyle.
Sometimes I meet a bounder who knew me when I was a rounder
Encountering someone who remembers the speaker's past as a rounder (a person living a wild or dissipated lifestyle).
He grabs my hand and says boy have a drink
Being invited to have a drink by the person who recognizes the speaker.
We'd go down to the poolroom get in the gang and then soon
Recalling visits to the poolroom with friends, leading to late nights.
The daylight comes before I'd had a wink
Expressing the passage of time before the speaker can rest or sleep.
But somehow I can't forget...
Reiterating the struggle to forget the speaker's adventurous past.
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