{"id":17295,"date":"2023-09-05T17:13:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T17:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=17295"},"modified":"2025-08-19T19:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:29:11","slug":"halleluia-im-a-bum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/halleluia-im-a-bum\/","title":{"rendered":"Halleluia I&#8217;m a Bum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-2131\" class=\"post-2131 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-1_songs-that-need-links category-c category-z_mooney-songbook tag-30560228 tag-mooney-songbook tag-the-christmas-song\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"post-2129\" class=\"post-2129 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-1_songs-that-need-links category-h category-z_mooney-songbook tag-30560113 tag-halleluia-im-a-bum tag-mooney-songbook\">\n<div class=\"posttitle\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><a title=\"Permanent Link to HALLELUIA I\u2019M A\u00a0BUM\" href=\"https:\/\/haefsongs.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/24\/halleluia-im-a-bum\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">HALLELUIA I\u2019M A\u00a0BUM<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8uKbIkYGsIg?&amp;t=9\">LISTEN ON YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"postmetadata\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69ea4b1c129d42077024918' value='69ea4b1c129d42077024918'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69ea4b1c129d42077024918' value='About this Song'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69ea4b1c129d42077024918' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-69ea4b1c129d42077024918' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">About this Song<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69ea4b1c129d42077024918' ><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rich_text_formatting\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-weight: 900;font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif\">Harry Kirby McClintock [also known as Haywire Mac] was an American singer, songwriter and railroader. Born in Knoxville Tennessee, he would run away from home and would drift around the world throughout his life. He would work railroads in Africa and supply aid to American troops during the American-Philippine war and journalists covering the Boxer Rebellion in China.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich_text_formatting\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-weight: 900;font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif\">McClintock would also work on countless railroads in the United States, where he would learn many songs and stories from folks such as Wallace Saunders and Joe Hill. He would also participate in the Tucker Utah Strike and join the IWW.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich_text_formatting\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif\">He is mostly known for his song \u201cThe Big Rock Candy Mountain\u201d which would reach #1 in Billboard\u2019s \u201cHillbilly Hits.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"postmetadata\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16pt;font-weight: 900\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-5 Dzxov\" data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">[C] Rejoice and be glad, for the [F] springtime has come<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">We can [C] throw down our shovels and [G] go on the bum.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-5 Dzxov\" data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>{ CHORUS } &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; [C] <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>Hallelujah, I&#8217;m a [F] bum.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-5 Dzxov\" data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>[C] Hallelujah, bum [G] again.\u00a0 [C] <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>Hallelujah, <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-5 Dzxov\" data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>give us a [F] handout, to [G] revive us [C] again.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div data-lyrics-container=\"true\">&#8211;<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">[C] The springtime has come and I&#8217;m [F] just out of jail<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">With-[C] -out any money, with-[G]-out any bail.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">[C] I like my boss, he&#8217;s a [F] good friend of mine.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">[C] That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m standing here [G] in the bread line.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">I [C] went to a house and I [F] rapped on the door<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">A [C] lady comes out, says, \u201cYou\u2019ve [G] been here before.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">I [C] went to a house and I [F] asked for some bread<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">And the [C] lady says, &#8220;bum, bum, [G] the baker is dead&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-5 Dzxov\" data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>{ CHORUS } &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; [C] <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>Hallelujah, I&#8217;m a [F] bum.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-5 Dzxov\" data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>[C] Hallelujah, bum [G] again.\u00a0 [C] <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>Hallelujah, <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-5 Dzxov\" data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>give us a [F] handout, to [G] revive us [C] again.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">[C] Why don&#8217;t you work like [F] other men do?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">Now, [C] how can I work when there&#8217;s [G] no work to do?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">Why [C] don&#8217;t you save all the [F] money you earn?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">If [C] I didn&#8217;t eat, I&#8217;d have [G] money to burn<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-5 Dzxov\" data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">I [C] don&#8217;t like work and [F] work don&#8217;t like me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">And [C] that is the reason I [G] am so hungry<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">I [C] woke up one morning, [F] feeling just fine<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">[C] Got me a ride on the [G] Santa Fe line.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">Why [C] don\u2019t you settle down and [F] get you a wife?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">I\u2019d [C] rather be a bum for the [G] rest of my life.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-5 Dzxov\" data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>{ CHORUS } &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; [C] <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>Hallelujah, I&#8217;m a [F] bum.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-5 Dzxov\" data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>[C] Hallelujah, bum [G] again.\u00a0 [C] <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>Hallelujah, <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-5 Dzxov\" data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>give us a [F] handout, to [G] revive us [C] again.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">You\u2019ll [C] never get rich by just [F] bummin\u2019 around.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">You\u2019ll [C] never get happy by [G] workin\u2019, I\u2019ve found.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">If [C] I had a dollar, I\u2019d [F] do as I please,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">I\u2019d [C] get me some powder for roaches and fleas.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">I\u2019d [C] get me a box car and [F] fill it with cats,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">And [C] never be bothered by toe-nibblin\u2019 rats.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">Now [C] I went to college, but it [F] didn\u2019t work out<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">The [C] things that I like they don\u2019t teach you about.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-5 Dzxov\" data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>{ CHORUS } &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; [C] <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>Hallelujah, I&#8217;m a [F] bum.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-5 Dzxov\" data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>[C] Hallelujah, bum [G] again.\u00a0 [C] <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>Hallelujah, <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-5 Dzxov\" data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>give us a [F] handout, to [G] revive us [C] again.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">Now [C] why don\u2019t you work like some [F] other men do?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">I\u2019d [C] rather just sing, if it\u2019s [G] all right with you.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">If [C] I had my way, I\u2019d just [F] travel about,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">And [C] sing for my supper when [G] I\u2019m down and out.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">You [C] might get to heaven, but [F] don\u2019t hold your breath,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\">We\u2019ve [C] all heard you sing, and you [G] may starve to death.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-5 Dzxov\" data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>{ CHORUS } &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; [C] <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>Hallelujah, I&#8217;m a [F] bum.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-5 Dzxov\" data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>[C] Hallelujah, bum [G] again.\u00a0 [C] <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>Hallelujah, <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-5 Dzxov\" data-lyrics-container=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong>give us a [F] handout, to [G] revive us [C] again.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&#8211; 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