Once You Get the Habit (You Can't Keep Still)

DESCRIPTION: "I've beat my way wherever any winds have blown, I've bummed along from Portland down to San Antone... For once you get the habit, why, you can't keep still." The singer describes both good places to visit and bad, but he always moves on
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (ArkansasWoodchopper)
KEYWORDS: travel nonballad
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ArkansasWoodchopper, p. 66, "The Habit" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #8036
RECORDINGS:
Arkansas Woodchopper [pseud. for Luther Ossenbrink] "The Habit" (Supertone 9664)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
You Can't Keep Still
File: ArWo066

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