The speaker of "Vagabond" is letting go. In the first line, they say they've become careless about themselves, and the next line shows the result: they stop working. It reads less like laziness than a deliberate drop of all the effort and self-management that daily life demands.
The second stanza turns that idea into something freer. To "leave myself bare" suggests shedding pride, status, even protection, and the speaker doesn't seem to mind. They'll be bare "but singing," and what sets off the song is nothing grand, just "the first sight of supper." The title fits: a vagabond lives from meal to meal, with little to own and little to prove.
The mood is light, playful, and a little cheeky. There's a hint of vulnerability in being so exposed, but the tone leans toward contentment. The poem seems to say that a simple pleasure, like food arriving, can be enough to make a person happy.