| Song | Boomer's Story |
| Artist | Ry Cooder |
| Album | The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed |
| 作词 : Traditional | |
| (traditional, adapted by ry cooder) | |
| Come and gather all around me | |
| Listen to my tale of woe | |
| Got some good advice to give you | |
| Lots of things you oughta know | |
| Take a tip from one who's travelled | |
| And never stopped a-ramblin' 'round | |
| 'cause once you get the roamin' fever | |
| You never want to settle down, boy | |
| You never want to settle down | |
| I met a little gal in frisco | |
| And i asked her to be my wife | |
| Told her i was tired of roamin' | |
| Goin' to settle down for life | |
| Then i heard the whistle blowin' | |
| And i knew it was the red ball train | |
| And i left that gal beside the railroad | |
| And i never saw the gal again, boy | |
| I never saw the gal again | |
| Saw the gal again | |
| I never saw the gal again | |
| Left that gal beside the railroad | |
| And i never saw the gal again | |
| Travelled all over the country | |
| I've travelled everywhere | |
| I been on every branch line railroad | |
| And i never paid a nickel fare | |
| I been from maine to califor'ny | |
| And from canada to mexico | |
| I never tried to save no money | |
| And now i got no place to bo, boy | |
| Now i got no place to go | |
| Listen to a boomer's story | |
| Pay attention to what i say | |
| Well, i hear another train a-comin' | |
| Guess i'll be on my way | |
| If you wanna do me a favor | |
| When i lay me down and die | |
| Just dig my grave beside the railroad | |
| So i can hear the trains go by, boys | |
| So i can hear the trains go by | |
| Hear the trains go | |
| Hear the trains go by | |
| Just dig my grave beside the railroad | |
| So i can hear the trains go by |
| zuò cí : Traditional | |
| traditional, adapted by ry cooder | |
| Come and gather all around me | |
| Listen to my tale of woe | |
| Got some good advice to give you | |
| Lots of things you oughta know | |
| Take a tip from one who' s travelled | |
| And never stopped aramblin' ' round | |
| ' cause once you get the roamin' fever | |
| You never want to settle down, boy | |
| You never want to settle down | |
| I met a little gal in frisco | |
| And i asked her to be my wife | |
| Told her i was tired of roamin' | |
| Goin' to settle down for life | |
| Then i heard the whistle blowin' | |
| And i knew it was the red ball train | |
| And i left that gal beside the railroad | |
| And i never saw the gal again, boy | |
| I never saw the gal again | |
| Saw the gal again | |
| I never saw the gal again | |
| Left that gal beside the railroad | |
| And i never saw the gal again | |
| Travelled all over the country | |
| I' ve travelled everywhere | |
| I been on every branch line railroad | |
| And i never paid a nickel fare | |
| I been from maine to califor' ny | |
| And from canada to mexico | |
| I never tried to save no money | |
| And now i got no place to bo, boy | |
| Now i got no place to go | |
| Listen to a boomer' s story | |
| Pay attention to what i say | |
| Well, i hear another train acomin' | |
| Guess i' ll be on my way | |
| If you wanna do me a favor | |
| When i lay me down and die | |
| Just dig my grave beside the railroad | |
| So i can hear the trains go by, boys | |
| So i can hear the trains go by | |
| Hear the trains go | |
| Hear the trains go by | |
| Just dig my grave beside the railroad | |
| So i can hear the trains go by |