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I've been doin' some hard travelin' I thought you knowedI've been doin' some hard ramblin' way down the roadHard travelin' hard ramblin' hard drinkin' hard gamblin'I've been doin' some hard travelin' LordI've been doin' some hard rock minin' I thought you knowedI've been leanin' on a pressure drill way down the roadWell the hammer flying and the air hose suckin'And six feet of mud, I sure been muckin'I've been doin' some hard travelin' LordI've been workin' that Pittsburgh steel I thought you knowedI've been pourin' that red-hot slag way down the roadI been blastin' I've been firin'I've been pourin' red-hot ironLetras de cancionesI've been doin' some hard travelin' LordI've been layin' in a hard rock jail I thought you knowedI've been layin' out ninety days way down the roadThe darned old judge he said to me it's ninety days for vagrancy And I've been doin' some hard travelin' LordI've been walkin' that Lincoln highway I thought you knowedAnd I've been hittin' that sixty six way down the roadGot a heavy load got a worried mind I'm a' lookin' for a woman that's hard to findAnd I've been doin' some hard travelin' LordI've been doin' some hard travelin'I've been havin' some hard ramblin'I've been doin' some hard travelingI've been doin' some hard travelin' Lord(The following two verses are not included in the performance on the CD Best of Vanguard Years. But are on Folkways) I've been ridin' them fast passengers I thought you knowedI've been hittin' them flat wheelers way down the roadI've been ridin' them blind passengers dead enders kickin' up cindersI've been doin' some hard travelin' LordI've been doin' some hard harvestin' I thought you knowedFrom North Dakota to Kansas City way down the roadCuttin' that wheat and stackin' that hay just tryin' to make 'bout a dollar a dayAnd I've been doin' some hard harvestin' Lord*****************************************Of note:If any song could be a signature tune, this would certainly be Cisco's. One of Woody's best songs, and a performance that Cisco certainly was pleased with, as he named one of his LPs after it. Captures the flavor and the sweat without glamorizing or fantasizing. It is THE song of the Open Road. From Letras Mania