The Popular Wobbly Songtext

von David Rovics

(T-Bone Slim)

I'm as mild-mannered man as can be
Ain't done nobody harm that I can see
Still on me they put a ban
They would throw me in the can
They go wild, simply wild over me

They accuse me of rascality
I don't know why they're always picking on me
I'm as gentle as a lamb
Yet they take me for a ram
They go wild, simply wild over me

Well, that cop, he went wild over me
And he held his gun where everyone could see
He was breathing rather hard
When he saw my union card
They go wild, simply wild over me

And that judge he went wild over me
And I could plainly see that we would never agree
So I let the man obey
What his conscience had to say
They go wild, simply wild over me

And the jailer he went wild over me
And he locked me up and through away the key
Well, it seems to be the rage
So they throw me in a cage
They go wild, simply wild over me

They go wild, simply wild over me
I'm referring to the bedbug and the flea
They disturb my slumber deep
And I murmur in my sleep
They go wild, simply wild over me

Well, even God, he went wild over me
This I found out when I knelt upon my knee
Did he hear my humble yell
No, he told me, "Go to hell"
They go wild, simply wild over me

Will the roses grow wild over me
When I'm gone to the land that is to be
When my soul and body part
In the stillness of my heart
Will the roses grow wild over me