I've Ranged, I've Roamed, and I've Traveled

DESCRIPTION: "I've ranged, I've roamed, and I've travelled, I've been a no-good they say." A spoiled child, he left his dear old mother for the city. A "painted lady" leads him to a poker game. He joined a robbery. He is imprisoned for shooting a guard. He will reform
AUTHOR: Jimmie Rodgers and Elsie MacWilliams (source: Bluebird recording)
EARLIEST DATE: 1929 (recording, Jimmie Rogers)
KEYWORDS: mother children home robbery homicide prison punishment betrayal
FOUND IN: US(So)
Roud #36311
RECORDINGS:
Jimmie Rodgers, "I've Ranged, I've Roamed, [and] I've Traveled" (Bluebird B5892=Montgomery Ward M-5013, 1929)
Richard Villmer, "I've Ranged, I've Roamed and I've Traveled" (Fragment: Piotr-Archive #720, recorded 10/24/2023)
NOTES [125 words]: There appears to be disagreement about whether Rodgers's title for this was "I've Ranged, I've Roamed, and I've Traveled" or "I've Ranged, I've Roamed, I've Traveled" (adding or subtracting the word "and"). I've used the title under which the Bluebird 78 was issued.
I must say, the amount of trouble this kid got into in the space of a couple of days would be hard to replicate in the real world: He loses all his money in a poker game, is invited to go on a robbery, where a guard is shot and he is left to take the blame. But what gang of robbers would take someone with no experience on a robbery? Sure, he gave them someone on whom to pin the blame. But having an incompetent kid along would make it more likely that everyone would be caught. - RBW
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