Wanderlust

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I can settle down and be doin' just fine
Till I hear an old freight rollin' down the line,
Then I hurry straight home and pack
And if I didn't go, I believe I'd blow my stack
I love you baby, but you gotta understand
When the Lord made me he made a ramblin' man.

Hank Williams

Ramblin' Man

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Topic

Wanderlust Commitment (relationships) Relationships

Speaker

Hank Williams

Source

Ramblin' Man

Medium

Song

Genre

Country music

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Williams, Hank. Ramblin' Man. MGM Records, 1951.

The months and days are the travelers of eternity. The years that come and go are also voyagers... I too for years past have been stirred by the sight of a solitary cloud drifting with the wind to ceaseless thoughts of roaming.

Matsuo Basho

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Topic

Wanderlust Eternity

Author

Matsuo Basho

Source

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Genre

Travel writing

Language

Japanese

Time

1694 1690s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Basho, Matsuo. おくのほそ道 [The Narrow Road to the Deep North]. Tokyo, 1702.

Current Citation

Basho, Matsuo. "The Narrow Road to the Deep North." The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches, translated by Nobuyuki Yuasa. Penguin Classics, 1967.

Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go.

James Cook

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Topic

Adventure Wanderlust

Author

James Cook

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1774 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Cook, James. Diary entry. 30 Jan. 1774.

Current Citation

Cook, James. The Journals of Captain Cook. Penguin Classics, 2000.