Lonesome Traveler is a song written by Lee Hays who first recorded it in 1950 with The Weavers featuring his vocals and the banjo, guitar and vocal harmonies of fellow Weavers Pete Seeger, Fred Hellerman and Ronnie Gilbert. The Weavers themselves described the song as, “A modern spiritual, with driving rhythm and subtle off-beats.” The lyrics begin "I'm just a lonely and a lonesome traveler.."[1] It was backed with the Woody Guthrie song So Long, It's Been Good to Know You.