I'm a Rover

As sung on the following albums: Seven Drunken Nights;

The Best of 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 ane 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 you 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