the wild rover traditional

Dropkick Murphys

I ve been a wild rover for many s the year and I ve spent all me money on whiskey and beer
and now I m returning with gold in great store and I never will play the wild rover no more

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And it s no, nay, never no, nay, never!
No more will I play the wild rover no, never, no more

I went into an alehouse I used to frequent
and I told the landlady me money was spent I asked her for credit,
she answered me nay such a custom as yours I could have any day

I took from me pocket ten sovereigns bright and the landlady s eyes opened up with delight
she said she had whiskeys and wines of the best and the words that she told me were only in jest

I went home to my parents, confessed what I d done
and I asked them to pardon their prodigal son
and when they d caressed me as oft times before I never will play the wild rover no more