Must be some twenty years since I first heard the late Danny Kyle sing "Hobo's Lullaby", a song by Goebel Reeves, "The Texas Drifter". Sadly, I was on tour in Bavaria when I heard of Danny's death and couldn't make the funeral.
Since then I have heard the Goebel Reeves version and guess if I'd only heard that, I'd never have learnt it.
For about 10 years, Danny and I did a Burns Night at "The Swan" in Grasmere and for that reason, I'll play Danny's version of the song on my radio programme on the 25th and I'll have a lump in my throat.

HOBO'S LULLABY
(Goebel Reeves)

Go to sleep, you weary hobo
Let the town drift slowly by;
Listen to the steel rails humming
That's the hobo's lullaby.

Do not think about tomorrow;
Let tomorrow come and go.
Tonight you have a nice warm boxcar
Free from all the ice and snow.

I know the police cause you trouble,
They make trouble everywhere;
But when you die and go to heaven,
Well, you won't find police there.

Now do not let your heart be troubled
If the world calls you a bum;
'Cause if your mother lives, she loves you
Well, you are still your mother's son.

Eddie