I'm a Rover - The Dubliners
There's ne'er a nicht I'm gane to ramble
There's ne'er a nicht I'm gane to roam
There's ne'er a nicht I'm gane to ramble
Intae the erms of me ain true love
I'm a rover seldom sober I'm a rover
Of high degree
It's when I'm drinkin' I'm always thinkin'
How to gain my love's company
Though the nicht be as dark as dungeon
Not a star can be seen above
I will be guided without a stumble intae
The erms of my ain true love
I'm a rover seldom sober I'm a rover
Of high degree
It's when I'm drinkin' I'm always thinkin'
How to gain my love's company
He stepped up tae her bedroom winday
Kneeling gently upon a staine
He whispers through her bedroom winday
My darling dear do ye lie alaine
I'm a rover seldom sober I'm a rover of
High degree
It's when I'm drinkin' I'm always thinkin' how
To gain my love's company
She raised her head from her down soft pillow
Wi'her erms around her breasts
Says:"Why is that that my bedroom winday
Is 'sterbing me at my long nicht's rest
I'm a rover seldom sober I'm a rover
Of high degree
It's when I'm drinkin' I'm always thinkin'
How to gain my love's company
Says I:"My love it's I thy true lover open
The door and let me in
For I have come on a long nights journey
More than near drenched to my skin"
I'm a rover seldom sober I'm a rover of high degree
It's when I'm drinkin' I'm always thinkin'
How to gain my love's company
She opened the door wi'the greatest pleasure
She opened the door and she let him in
They both shook hands and embraced each other
Until the morning they lay as one
I'm a rover seldom sober I'm a rover of high degree
It's when I'm drinkin' I'm always thinkin'
How to gain my love's company
Says I: My love I must go and leave you
To climb the hills they are far above
But I will climb wi'the greatest pleasure
Since I've been in the arms of my love
I'm a rover seldom sober I'm a rover of high degree
It's when I'm drinkin' I'm always thinkin'
How to gain my love's company
