Lyrics: Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock
Music: Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock
Well why don’t you work，Like the other men do
Well how can i work，When there’s no work to do
Hallelujah i’m a bum，hallelujah bum again
Hallelujah give us a handout To revive us again
Well i went to a bar and i asked for a drink
Man gave me a gl-ss and he showed me the sink
Hallelujah i’m a bum，hallelujah bum again
Hallelujah give us a handout To revive us again
Well i knocked on the door and i asked for some bread
The lady said “bum bum the baker is dead”
Hallelujah i’m a bum，hallelujah bum again
Hallelujah give us a handout To revive us again
Well why do you work for eight hours or more
Two of us could have jobs if you only worked four
Hallelujah i’m a bum，hallelujah bum again
Hallelujah give us a handout To revive us again
"Well why don’t you work like other folks do"
How can i get a job when you’re holding down two
Hallelujah i’m a bum，hallelujah bum again
Hallelujah give us a handout To revive us again
Well why speed up like that’til you’re ready to fall
If you’d slow down a bit there’d be work for us all
Hallelujah i’m a bum，hallelujah bum again
Hallelujah give us a handout To revive us again
“Well why don’t you save all the money you earn”
If i didn’t eat i’d have money to burn
Hallelujah i’m a bum，hallelujah bum again
Hallelujah give us a handout To revive us again
If i ever get all the money i earn
The boss will be broke and to work he must turn
Hallelujah i’m a bum，hallelujah bum again
Hallelujah give us a handout To revive us again
Well if you can’t find a job and they won’t give you bread
Find a kindhearted cop and he’ll beat on your head
Hallelujah i’m a bum，hallelujah bum again
Hallelujah give us a handout To revive us again
But don’t you complain no don’t open your eyes
Don’t talk revolution don’t organize
Hallelujah i’m a bum，hallelujah bum again
Hallelujah give us a handout To revive us again
Hallelujah i’m a bum，hallelujah bum again
Hallelujah give us a handout To revive us again