Harry McClintock - Hallelujah ! I'm A Bum [ORIGINAL] - [1928].

[Meade - no composer credit]
ref WW Song Book 1909

Issued on as "Mac" [Harry McClintock]
on Victor 21343 B.
Also Recorded 1938 and 1952

Recorded 31 March 1928 Oakland, CA -
Harry McClintock [gt/vcl solo]

Born Harry Kirby McClintock in Knoxville, TN [1882 - 1957]
aka "Haywire Mac"
Recorded 1928 to 1931 - 1938- 1950 - 1952

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My father and his friend Carl used to play Guitar drunk and sing this song and Carl had a really soulful voice and I loves it. Miss both you guys! See you on the other side.

[marilyntape]

I used to love this song when they’d play it on the radio and as a little kid I’d giggle every time he said bum😺❤️🇦🇺

[ellenchacon]

I heard this song ONCE at a folk festival about 1978 and I have had it in my head ever since. Never thought to Google it until today.

[greenwillow]

My father used to sing this song. I was just singing it to myself as I was doing the dishes and I came here to Youtube to see if anyone had uploaded it. Lo and beyond someone did!! Thnak you so much! This was a treat to hear.

[otpkd]

I've known and loved this song since hearing it on an old 78 that my father had when I was a boy in the 1950s.

[EddieMillerStudios]

My Great-Great-Grandpa Coffinger, who died in 1974, used to sing this song.

[SASUKEUCHIHA-dtcg]

2023 dam he just told the truth no money on me bum that i am.

[danbalazs]

Thank you, Dr. Demento for keeping so much music alive. I was a H.S. freshman in 1973; my older brothers and me tuned in faithfully to KMET Sunday nights. We learned of McClintock (Haywire Mac), Rusty Warren (Bounce your Boobies), Nervous Norvus, Spike Jones, and all manner of anarchic thought which dovetailed nicely with our Monty Python addiction on PBS, late, late night.

[auscrew]

Halilullah i'm a bum! That sounds like me.

[lizzydizzy]

My grandmother used to sing this song to my brother and me

[WIRT]

Haywire Mac McClintock also wrote and performed Ain't We Crazy and The Big Rock Candy Mountain (featured in the movie Oh Brother Where Art Thou).

[savedatlast]

Great song love it Thanks you for sharing, Cheers, Keith

[muguly]

Just went on a walk and saw a traveler singing this.

[mbee]

My boss used to sing this....I always wondered if it was a song or an expression....now i know, thanks to computers

[maddymud]

“in my day we were ALL hard working and thrifty!”

[a-customshandcraftedguitar]

hobo music, wonder how much of it there is out there?

[blukmagetypeR]

If you watch some Universal Pictures cartoons (Walter Lantz cartoons), some scenes play the music where they show some bums and tramps.

[Patrick-tgjq]

As long as the Republicans have been in power I've had work, Trump as long as long as I got work we're ok.

[Stephen]

They should play this on loud speakers 24 hours a day near the homeless camps in the all of majors cities.