I've been doing some hard traveling,
I thought you knowed,
I've been doing some hard traveling,
Way down the road,
I've been doing some hard traveling,
Hard rambling, hard gambling,
I've been doing,
Some hard traveling, lord.
I've been working,
In a hard rock tunnel,
I thought you knowed,
I've been leaning on a pressure drill,
Way down the road,
Hammer flying, air hose sucking,
Six feet of mud,
I've sure been mucking,
I've been doing,
Some hard traveling, lord.
I've been working at Pittsburg steel,
I thought you knowed,
I've been working that red-hot slag,
Way down the road,
I've been a' blasting,
I've been a' firing,
I've been a' ducking that red hot fire,
I've been doing,
Some hard traveling, lord.
Well, I've been hitting,
That Lincoln highway,
I thought you knowed,
I've been hitting that sixty-six,
Way down the road,
Well, a heavy load and a worried mind, I'm a' looking for a woman,
That is hard to find,
I've been doing,
Some hard traveling, lord.
I've been doing some hard traveling,
I thought you knowed,
I've been doing some hard traveling,
Way down the road,
I've been doing some hard traveling,
Hard rambling, hard gambling,
I've been doing,
Some hard traveling, lord.