The Wild Rover - Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem video free download

THE WILD ROVER

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

And I've spent all my 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

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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 alehouse that I used to frequent

And I told the landlady my money was spent

I asked her for credit, she answered me "nay

Such a custom as yours I can have any day"

Then out of my pockets I took sovereigns bright

And the landlady's eyes opened wide with delight

She said "I have whiskey and wines of the best

And the words that I said, they were only in jest"

I'll go home to my parents, confess what I've done

And I'll ask them to pardon their prodigal son

And if they caress me as oft times before

Then I never will play the Wild Rover no more