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"King of the Road" is a song written by country singer Roger Miller, who first recorded it in November 1964. [2] The lyrics tell of the day-to-day life of a traveling hobo who, despite having little money (a "man of means by no means"), revels in his freedom, describing himself humorously and cynically as the "king of the road".
whale-road hron-rād: N,OE: Beowulf 10: "In the end, each clan on the outlying coasts beyond the whale-road had to yield to him and begin to pay tribute" the sea sail road seġl-rād: OE: Beowulf 1429 b the sea whale's way hwæl-weġ: N,OE: The Seafarer 63 a; Beowulf: serpent valley-trout N: Skaldskaparmal: shield headland of swords sverða nesi
Roger Miller was born in Fort Worth, Texas, the third son of Jean and Laudene (Holt) Miller.Jean Miller died from spinal meningitis when Miller was a year old. Unable to support the family during the Great Depression, [1] Laudene sent her three sons to live with three of Jean's brothers.
King of the Road (skateboarding), a contest sponsored by Thrasher magazine; King of the Road Map Service, an American map company; Hard Truck 2: King of the Road, the European version of the video game Hard Truck 2; Lucas Industries#King of the Road, a brand name used for a range of bicycle equipment produced by Lucas Industries
A King of the Road was a Hobo, as suggested by the boxcar and train references in the song. A true King of the Road travelled the rails, knew the hobo "jungles", worked when he needed to and didn't when he didn't need to. He could follow the hobo markings that warned of mean dogs and cops, places where handouts were available, and so on. Good song!
Illustration of the road by Kay Nielsen for the 1914 fairy tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon, whose title Tolkien uses in one of his walking songs for Aman, the desired other world. [1] "The Road Goes Ever On" is a title that encompasses several walking songs that J. R. R. Tolkien wrote for his Middle-earth legendarium.
"Cash is king" is a catchy slogan used to convey an important message. The very phrase "cash is king" of course suggests that cash is better than some other alternative, depending on the context in...
The Proclaimers had a hit with their EP King of the Road, [28] which reached number nine in the UK in 1990. [19] The EP's titular song, a Roger Miller cover, was included in the 1990 film The Crossing. [29] The Proclaimers appeared on American singer-songwriter Chris Harford's 1992 album Be Headed, performing on the song "Sing, Breathe, and Be ...