{t: The Wild Rover}

[G]I've been a wild rover for [G7]many a [C]year
I [G]spent all me [D]money on whiskey and [G]beer
But now I'm returning with [G7]gold in great [C]store
And I [G]never will [D]play the wild rover no [G]more

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And it's [D]no nay never, [G]no nay [G7]never no [C]more
Will I [G]play the wild [C]rover, no [D]never, no [G]more.
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I went in to an alehouse I used to frequent
And I told the landlady me money was spent
I asked her for credit, she answered me "Nay!"
"Such custom as yours I could have any day!"

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I took out of me pocket ten sovereigns bright
And the landlady's eyes opened wide with delight
She said: "I have whiskeys and wines on the best!
And the words that I told you were only in jest!"

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

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