I'm a rover, seldom sober
I'm a rover of high degree
For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking
How to gain my love's company
Though the night be as dark as dungeon
Not a star to be seen above
I will be guided without a stumble
To the arms of my ain true love
I'm a rover, seldom sober
I'm a rover of high degree
For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking
How to gain my love's company
He stepped up to her bedroom window
Kneeling gently upon a stone
He knocked upon her bedroom window
"My darling dear, do you lie alone?"
I'm a rover, seldom sober
I'm a rover of high degree
For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking
How to gain my love's company
It's only me, your own true lover
Open up, dear, and let me in
For I have come on a long journey
And I'm near drenched to the skin
I'm a rover, seldom sober
I'm a rover of high degree
For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking
How to gain my love's company
She opened up with the greatest pleasure
She opened up 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
For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking
How to gain my love's company
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I'm a rover, seldom sober
I'm a rover of high degree
For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking
How to gain my love's company
The cocks were crawing, the birds were whistling
The streams, they ran free about the brae
Remember lass, I'm a ploughman laddie
And the farmer I must obey
I'm a rover, seldom sober
I'm a rover of high degree
For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking
How to gain my love's company
Now my love, I must go and leave you
Though the hills, they be high above
I will climb them with greatest pleasure
Since I've been in the arms love
I'm a rover, seldom sober
I'm a rover of high degree
For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking
How to gain my love's company
I'm a rover, seldom sober
I'm a rover of high degree
For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking
How to gain my love's company