Wild
Rover
D
G
I’ve
been a wild rover for many a year,
D
A
D
And
I’ve spent all me money on whiskey and beer,
G
But
now I’m returning with gold in great store,
D
A
A7
D
And
I never will play the wild rover no more.
A
A7
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And it’s no, nay, never,
D
G
No,
nay, never no more,
D
G
Will I play the wild rover,
A7
D
No
never no more.
I
went into an alehouse that I used to frequent,
An’
I told the landlady me money was spent,
I
asked her for credit, she answered me nay,
Saying
custom like yours I can get any day.
Chorus
So
I took from me pocket 10 sovereigns bright,
And
the landlady’s eyes opened wide with delight,
She
said, “I have whiskey and wines of the best,
And
the words that I spoke, they were only in jest.”
Chorus
I’ll
go home to my parents, confess what I’ve done,
And
ask them to pardon their prodigal son,
And
if they’ll caress me as oft times before,
Then
I swear I will play the wild rover no more.
Chorus
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