THE HOBOES GRAND CONVENTION



If you give me your attention

A few facts I will mention,

Concerning a convention

That was held last fall.

The crooks, they were delighted

When they heatd they were invited,

To the hoboes grand convention

That was held in Montreal.



cho: There was great rejoicing,

No cursing there or fighting,

For every bum was loaded

To the neck with alcohol.

The burleys brought bananas

Rolled up in blue bandanas,

To the hoboes grand convention

That was held at Montreal.

They commit some great manoeuvres

Those bold and reckless rovers,

From New York to Vancouver

And from Texas to St. Paul,

While riding on the pullmans

As they traveled through the tunnels,

To the hoboes grand convention

That was held in Montreal.



The crooks, they got directions

To go out and make connections,

And to git a swag of plunder

A@d to bring it to the hall.

So they moved along the border

And the chairman rapped for order,

At the hoboes grand convention

That was hdd in Montreal.



From Vermont Folk Songs and Ballads, Flanders

Collected from Mrs. Brown, Dorset, VT 1930

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