Well, I feel like an old hobo, Im sad, lonesome and blue
I was fair as a summers day, now the summer days are through
You pass through places and places pass through you
But you carry them with you on the soles of your travelers shoes
Well, I love you so dearly, I love you so clearly
I wake you up in the morning, so early just to tell you
I got the wandering blues, I got the wandering blues
And Im going to quit these rambling ways
One of these days soon, ooh
And I sing, the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
And the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
Well, its times like these I feel so small
And wild like the rambling footsteps of a wandering child
And Im lonesome as a lonesome whippoorwill
Singing these blues with a warble and a trill
But Im not too blue to fly, no Im not too blue to fly
Cause the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
And the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
But I love you so dearly, I love you so fearlessly
I wake you up in the morning so early, just to tell you
Ive got the wandering blues, Ive got the wandering blues
And I dont want to leave you, I love you through and through
Well, I left my baby, on a pretty blue train
And I sang my songs to the cold and the rain
And I had the wandering blues, and I sang those wandering blues
And Im gonna quit these rambling ways one of these
Days soon, ooh
And I sing, the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
And the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
And the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
Well, I dont care if the sun dont shine
And I dont care if nothing is mine
And I dont care if Im nervous with you
Ill do my loving in the wintertime