Steve Tilston The Rambling Comber Lyrics

You combers all both great and small
Come listen to my ditty
For it is ye and only ye
Regard my form with pity
For I can write ring-dance and fight
Indeed it's all my honour
My failing is oh I love strong beer
For I'm a rambling comber

Now it's on the tramp I'm forced to stamp
My shoes are all atatter
My hose unbound they trail the ground
And I seldom wears a garter
I have a coat scarce worth one groat
And I sadly want for another
But it's oh my dear how I love strong beer
Oh I'm a rambling comber

Now I have no watch and I have a patch
On both sides of my breeches
My hat is torn and my wig's all worn
And my health is all my riches
Would that I had some gigly lass
With coat all for to board her
With straps and hose oh I would hold those
I would hold them all ... (?)

Now a tailor's bill I seldom fill
And I never do take measure
I make no debt which doth me let
In the taking of my pleasure
Nor ever will till I grow old
When I must give it over
For then old age will me engage
For being a rambling comber

So pitcher boy I'll now employ
While I have cash or credit
I'll rant and roar and I'll call for the store
And I'll pay them when I have it
For this is always on my mind
Let me be drunk or sober
A bowl of punch my thirst to quench
And ... (?) October
For it's oh my dear how I love strong beer
Oh I'm a rambling comber

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