Rake And A Ramblin' Boy

Lyrics: Traditional
Music: Traditional

Played by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter at Brigid Meier's 16th birthday party in 1961.

Well I'm a rake and a ramblin' boy
There's many a city I did enjoy
And now I've married me a pretty little wife
And I love her dearer than I love my life

Oh, she was pretty, both sweet and gay
Caused me to rob the broad highway
Oh, yes, I robbed it, I do declare
And I made myself ten thousand there

Now when I die don't bury me at all (note 1)
Just bleach my bones in alcohol
And at my feet place a white silk glove (note 2)
To tell the world I died for love

Well I'm a rake and a ramblin' boy
There's many a city I did enjoy
And now I've married me a pretty little wife
And I love her dearer than I love my life