Wandering Lyrics
Early late
From New York City
To the Golden Gate
And it don't look like
I'll ever stop my wandering
My daddy was an engineer
My brother drives a hack
My sister takes in laundry
While the baby balls the jack
And it don't look like
I'll ever stop my wandering
I've been in the army
I've worked on a farm
And all I've got to show
Is the muscle in my arm
And it don't look like
I'll ever stop my wandering
My ma she died
When I was young
My daddy took to stealing
And he got hung
I'll ever stop my wandering
Snakes in the ocean
Eels in the sea
I let a redheaded woman
Make a fool out of me
And it don't look like
I'll ever stop my wandering
Well I've been wandering
Early late
From the New York City
To the Golden Gate
And it don't look like
I'll ever stop my wandering
No, it don't look like
I'll ever stop my wandering
About
In the album notes this song is credited as a traditional with a new arrangement and additional lyrics by Taylor but it appeared as “Wanderin'” on Eddy Arnold’s 1967 album “Wanderin' with Eddy Arnold. See here.
Credited as composer and lyricist of the song is Charles Grean, Eddy Arnold’s producer.
The lyrics are very similar to Taylor’s lyrics:
My father is an engineer, my brother drives a hack
My sister takes in washin', and the baby bolls a jack.
And it looks like I’m never gonna cease my wanderin'
(wanderin' wanderin' mhm.)I’ve done a lotta wanderin' early and late
From New York City to the Golden Gate
And it looks like I’m never gonna cease my wanderin' (wanderin' wanderin' mhm.)Been a working on a railroad been a working on a farm
But all I got to show for it is a muscle on my arm
And it looks like I’m never gonna cease my wanderin' (wanderin' wanderin' mhm.).
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