The Wild Rover - Lankum

I’ve been a wild rover for many’s a year

And I’ve spent half me money drinking strong ale and beer

But now for the future I must take better care

In case that misfortune might come to my share

Wild rovin' I’ll give it over

Wild rovin' give o’er

And I never will be called the

Wild rover no more

I went into an alehouse I used to resort

And I told the landlady that my money was short

When she heard of my story, oh her answer twas «nay»

Sayin' «Custom such as yours I could have any day»

Wild rovin' I’ll give it over

Wild rovin' give o’er

And I never will be called the

Wild rover no more

I put my hand in my pocket, some money to find

And I pulled out the full of my two fists five times

When she saw I had the money

And money galore

When she saw I had the money

Well she called me her stór

Saying «I have the whiskey and wines of the best

All the words I have spoken, they were only in jest»

Wild rovin' I’ll give it over

Wild rovin' give o’er

And I never will be called the

Wild rover no more

If I had half the money I left in your care

It would buy me ten acres and my family rear

It would thatch me a cottage, it would build me a barn

It would buy me a coat fur to keep my back warm

Wild rovin' I’ll give it over

Wild rovin' give o’er

And I never will be called the

Wild rover no more