| "Just a Bummin' Around" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Dean Martin | |
| Released | December 11, 1967 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Songwriter(s) | Pete Graves |
| Producer(s) | Jack Haley Jr. (Movin' with Nancy) |
"Just Bummin' Around" was a hit song for Jimmy Dean as "Bumming Around" in 1952 reached No. 5 in the Billboard Country charts. Another version by T. Texas Tyler also reached the No. 5 spot in the same charts in 1953.
The song was written by Pete Graves. Graves, who also recorded the tune, is quoted as saying that he took lyrics from a rodeo song he had written when he was a rodeo rider, including the lines free as a breeze, I do as I please, nothing to lose and not even the blues, and added them into "Just Bummin' Around." Graves also said he pulled the line "I got an old slouch hat" from an Ernest Tubb song, "Blue Eyed Elaine." He said he waited on Tubb to sue him but he didn't.[1]