Vagabond (person)
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A vagabond is a (generally impoverished) itinerant person. Such people may be called tramps, rogues, hobos or schnorrer.
A vagabond is a traveling person that does not have a home, just roams wherever he or she pleases.
Vagabonds are not bums, as bums are not known for traveling.
Famous vagabonds are mathematician Paul Erdős and educator Tim L. Karr.
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[edit] In Literature
- George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London is a memoir of his experiences as a vagabond in these two cities.
- Jack Shaftoe, one of the major characters in Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle, is a vagabond.
[edit] In Music
- Monoxide Child from the rap group Twiztid mentions vagabonds in his music.
- Irish rock band Thin Lizzy's third album was enititled "Vagabonds of the Western World"
- Australian rockers Wolfmother have a song called "Vagabond" on their 2005 debut album "Wolfmother".
- Bob Dylan refers to vagabonds in the song "It's All Over Now Baby Blue"
- Joan Baez refers to Bob Dylan as "The Original Vagabond" in her 1975 song "Diamonds & Rust".
- Elton John's song, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", which was featured in the Disney movie, The Lion King, mentions vagabonds.
- In the song "Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect" by the Decemberists, they say "we are vagabonds we travel without seatbelts on and live this close to death."
- In Bon Jovi's "These Days", vagabonds are mentioned.
- In Metallica's "Wherever I May Roam" mentions vagabonds.
[edit] In Television and Film
- In an episode of the television show Seinfeld, the character J. Peterman refers to the character Kramer, as a "vagabond".
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[edit] External links
- Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel, a 2003 book by travel writer Rolf Potts, encourages the practice of wandering the world on a shoe-string budget.
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