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

Chorus:
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 ale-house 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 like yours I can get any day"

Chorus

I took from me pocket ten sovereigns bright
and the landlady's eyes opened wide with delight.
She said I'd have whisky and wines of the best
and the words that she told me were only in jest.

Chorus

I'll go home to me parents, confess what I've done,
and I'll ask them to pardon their prodigal son.
And when they've caressed me as oft' times before
then I never will play the wild rover no more

Chorus X2

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