The Wild Rover

I have been a wild rover for many's a year

And I spent half me money drinkin' strong ale and beer

But now, for the future, I must take better care

In case that misfortune might come to my share

Wild rovin', I'll give it over

Wild rovin' give up

And I never will be called the

Wild rover no more

I went into an alehouse I used to resort

And I told the landlady that my money was short

When she heard of my story, oh, her answer t'was, "Nay"

Sayin', "Custom such as yours I could have any day"

Wild rovin', I'll give it over

Wild rovin' give up

And I never will be called the

Wild rover no more

I put my hand in my pocket, some money to find

And I pulled out the full of my two-faced five dimes

When she saw I had the money and money galore

When she saw I had the money, well, she called me her stór

Sayin', "I have the whiskey and wines of the best

And the words I had spoken, they were only in jest"

Wild rovin', I'll give it over

Wild rovin' give up

And I never will be called the

Wild rover no more

If I had half the money I left in your cairn

It would buy me ten acres and my family rare

It would thatch me a cottage, it would build me a barn

It would buy me a goat fur to keep my back warm

Wild rovin', I'll give it over

Wild rovin' give up

And I never will be called the

Wild rover no more