G C
I've been a wild rover for many a year, (Pip Pip)
G D G
And I've spent all my money on whiskey and beer,
C
But now I'm returning with gold in great store,
G D G
And I never will play the wild rover no more.

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D
And it's no, nae, never (Right up your kilt!)
G C
No, nae, never, no more,
G C
Will I play the rover
G D G
No never, no more.

I went to an alehouse I used to frequent, (Pip Pip)
And I told the landlady me money twas spent.
I asked her for credit but she answered me nae.
Such customers like you I can get any day.

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Then out of my pockets, I pulled a handfull of gold, (Pip Pip)
Upon the round table, it glittered and rolled,
She said, "I have whiskeys and ales of the best,
And what I told ye before, sure was only in jest."

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I'll go back to my parents, confess what I've done,
And ask them to pardon their prodigal son.
And if they caress me as oft times before,
I I'll swear I will play the wild rover no more!

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