WANDERING THE KING'S HIGHWAY
Sung by Peter Dawson, circa 1915

So long to you
Gotta be on the road again
So long to you 
Gotta hitch up my load again
It's been great to meet you here
Right good company and right good cheer
Now then my lads
Anyone like to come with me
A wanderer’s life is free
I can say
Night and day
Nothing ever worries me

Nights are cold
Maybe I am growing old 
Yet I thrive
And the pals I meet make it good to be alive 
Comrades farewell 
What if we never meet again 
The memory will stay
As I go
Rain or snow 
Wandering the King's Highway 

I've always been a rover
Summer and Winter too
Wandering the wide world over
Tramping the whole life through
But when I start my journey
At the dawn of another day
I give a health to comrades
Pals of the Great Highway

So long to you
Gotta be on the road again 
So long to you
Gotta hitch up my load again
It's been great to meet you here
Right good company and right good cheer 
Now then my lads
Anyone like to come with me 
A wanderer’s life is free 
I can say
Night and day 
Nothing ever worries me 

Nights are cold
Maybe I am growing old ! 
Yet I thrive
And the pals I meet make it good to be alive 
Comrades farewell
What if we never meet again 
The memory will stay
As I go 
Rain or snow 
Wandering the King's Highway