I've travelled the whole world o 'er
In search of an occupation
Like so many done be fore
And I thought it a very good plan
When I landed in Philadelphia
the girls all jumped for joy
Says one and to the other
They asked me for to dance with them
An d the toast went merrily round,
The room could look to the Irish band.
They took me to a big hotel,
it was there to spend the night
The landlady's lovely daughter
in me took great delight,
She never took her eyes off me
as on the floor I'd stand,
with a ramblin' Irishman.
Oh, daughter, dearest daughter,
what is this you are going to do,
To fall in love with an Irishman,
With the knapsack on his shoulder
and a shillelagh in his hand
with my ramblin' Ir ishman
And now that we are married
The landlady's lovely daughter,
I work for her and I labour for her
that she married an Irishman
and I've travelled the whole world o 'er
In search of an occupation
and I've got a very good plan
as a ramblin' Irishman you
