Well I’ve been a wild rover for many a year And I’ve spent all me money on whiskey and beer Now, I’m returning with gold in great store And I’ll play the wild rover never no more
CHORUS Yippee –aye-aaaaa Yippee-aye-oooooo (Well I’ll play) the wild rover, never no more
I go into an Alehouse I used to frequent I told a young barmaid my money was spent I asked her for credit, she answered me “NAY”! A custom like your I can have any day
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Then out of me pockets I pull sovereigns bright The landlady’s eyes open wide with delight She says I have whiskeys and wines of the best She took me up stairs and showed me the rest
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I come home to me parents to confess what I’d done I ask them to pardon their prodigal son And when they caress me as oft times before I never will play the wild rover no more