X:194
T:Wild Rover, The
T:Wild Roving
R:song
H:Collected by Sean Corcoran from Mary Anne Carolan, Co. Louth
H:See also #51
D:Usher's Island
D:Lankum
Z:id:hn-song-194
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:Dm
(DE) | F2A,2(G,A,) | C2D2(CD) | F2G2FG | A4
FA | c2d3c | AG3AG | F2D2(DE) | (DC3)
DE | F2A,2(G,A,) | C2D2CD | F2G2(FG) | A4
FA | c2d2c2 | A2G2(AG) | F2D2(DE) | (DC3) ||
(DE) | F2A,2G,A, | C2D2(CD) | F2G2FG | A4
(FA) | c2d2dc | A2G2(AG) | F2D2(EC) | D4 ||
W:I've been a wild rover for many a long year
W:And I spent half my money drinking strong ale and beer,
W:Ah, but now for the future I will take better care,
W:In case that misfortune may come to my share.
W:
W:Chorus:
W:Wild roving I'll give over, wild roving I'll give o'er,
W:And I never shall be called a wild rover no more.
W:
W:I went into the alehouse where I used to resort
W:And I told the landlady that my money was short,
W:But when she heard my story these words she did say,
W:I can get many customers like you any day.
W:
W:Chorus
W:        
W:I put my hand in my pocket some money to find,
W:And I pulled out the full of my two hands five times,
W:When she saw I had money and money galore,
W:When she saw I had money she called me her stór,
W:And she said, I have liquor, and that of the best,
W:These words I have spoken were only in jest.
W:
W:Chorus
W:        
W:If I had all the money that I left in your care,
W:It would till all my land and my family rear,
W:It would thatch all my houses and build me a barn,
W:It would buy me a coat for to keep my back warm.
W:
W:Chorus