Hallelujah! I'm A Bum
A Song by Harry McClintock Chorus
Hallelujah! I'm a bum, Hallelujah bum again
Hallelujah! give us a handout and revive us again
I went to a house and I knocked
on the door
A lady says, " Bum, bum, you been here before"
I went to a
house, and I asked for some bread
A lady says, " Bum, bum, the baker is dead"
Oh why dont you work like other folk do
How the hell can I work when there's
no work to do
Oh why don't you work like other folks do
How can I get a
job when you're holding down two
Oh, I love my boss and my boss loves me
And that is the reason I'm so hungry
Oh why don't you save all the money you
earn
Well if I didn't eat, I'd have money to burn
Oh, I like my boss, he's
a good friend of mine
And that's why I'm starving out in the breadline
Whenever I get all the money I earn
The boss will be broke and to work he
must turn
Final chorus Hallelujah! I'm a bum, Hallelujah bum again
Hallelujah!
give us sixpence for Christ's sake Amen