a traveler without a home. I appreciate their free spirit,
but also understand the loneliness, and possibly the life of a Hobo with no
future. There are lot of Hoboes in the world that neither can return to their
homes, do not remember how to return home, and when they do return, find they
must leave for the road calls, and they only feel complete when they are
March 14, 2004 - Mongolia
hoboes hobos hoboing
One who wanders randomly from place to place looking for temporary homes, and
Origination Unknown, but is folkloric now.
In the depression people would go to other cities to get, or search for a job.
by traveling in the cheapest way they could. Example: Jump in a train car.
They seem to "Never go home" again. Like the life of the wanderer, or rover.
A Hobo is a person that travels to work.
A tramp is a person that travels and won't work.
A bum is a person that will neither travel or work.
WORDS THAT HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE
LINK TO HOBO DEFINITIONS
Hobo.org Please write
Andy... me. Webmaster. This is strange
A hobo in a sailboat
FAMOUS PERSONS RELATED TO HOBOES
BOOKS ON HOBOES
CODE OF THE ROAD
Xroads.virginia.edu Look at!
This is a real train hoppers newsletter send email to:
SIGNS LEFT BY HOBO'S
SIGNS TO HELP THEM COMMUNICATE
TERMS OR HOBO SLANG
REQUEST FOR THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF LINKS:
SUBMIT AT BOTTOM OF PAGE PLEASE !!!!
1. Hobo pictures
2. Norman Rockwell links to pictures
3. Information on the "Littlest hobo", a traveling dog show in 1970's
4. Author Dick Whittington - English Classic (Guy came to London to make his
5. Red Skelton
6. The word HOBO in other languages:
Italian: Vagabondo, or Giramondo
7. Links to hobos.
8. The Littlest Hobo - Television show about a dog.
THE LITTLEST HOBO
Well, here' s what I've learned about the Little Hobo:
The Littlest Hobo was a long running Canadian TV series about the
a dog named "London". The series ran from 1963-65 and then was remade into
another series in 1979-85.
Here's a good Web site about it:
Here's a short excerpt about the show and the dog:
The Littlest Hobo follows the adventures of a highly intelligent German
shepherd named London, who wanders the country, befriending people in trouble
and helping to remedy their situation. He then declines their offer to adopt him
as a pet, leaves them, and continues his hobo life. Among the names given to
London by his human friends are Smoke, Einstein, Scout, Mr. Magic, Lucky,
Shadow, Buddy, Slapshot, Roamer, Crusoe, Ulysses, Hercules, Sinbad, and
Looking at the Web site, it looks to me as if the dog that played London was a
Alaskan Malamute - German shepherd cross or some other combination, not pure GSD.
Hope you enjoy the results of my research tonight! I should add a link to the
Little Hobo web site under my Dog Heroes category!
Barbara / WorkingDogWeb.com Feb
DEFINITIONS - TERMS AND RELATED WORDS:
* A tramp; vagrant.
* One who seeks to live off others.
* To live or acquire by begging and scavenging.
* To loaf.
[Possibly from German Bummler, loafer.]
BUMMING A RIDE: hitchhiking
To beg or get by begging.
[From Middle English cadgear, peddler.]
Etymology: Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French corsaire pirate, from Old
ProvenĂ§al corsari, from Old Italian corsaro, from Medieval Latin cursarius, from
Latin cursus course- more at course
: pirate; especially : a privateer of the Barbary Coast
1 : a member of a traditionally itinerant people who originated in northern
India and now live chiefly in south and southwest Asia, Europe, and No. America
2 : romany 2
3 not capitalized : one that resembles a Gypsy; especially : wanderer
HITCHHIKING - To solicit a ride in a car by placing your thumb out.
KING OF THE ROAD
Song title, referring to a hobo
King of the Road - A Song by Roger Miller
My parents used to play this song on the new stereo in the house when I was
The reason my email is hoboontheroad! at
: an armed private ship licensed to attack enemy shipping; also : a sailor
on such a ship
1. travel without a destination: to move from place to place, either without
a purpose or without a known destination
They wander the countr