X:107
T:Rambling Rover, The
C:Andy M. Stewart (1952-2015), Scotland
R:song
D:Silly Wizard
D:The Dubliners
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"^Chorus"[|]
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w:There are so-ber men and plen-ty,* and drunk-ards bare-ly twen-ty,
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w:There are men of o-ver nine-ty that have ne-ver yet kissed a girl.
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w:But give me a ramb-lin' ro-ver,* frae Ork-ney down to Do-ver.
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w:We will roam the coun-try o-ver and to-geth-er we'll face the world.
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"^Verse"[|]
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w:1.~There's ma-ny that feign en-joy-ment* from mer-ci-less em-ploy-ment,
w:2.~I~have roamed* through all the na-tions, taken de-light in all cre-a-tion,*
w:3.~If~you're bent* with ar-thi-ri-tis,* your bowels have got co-li-tis,*
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w:Their am-bi-tion was this de-ploy-ment from the minu-te they left the school.
w:I've en-joyed* a wee sen-sa-tion where the com-pa-ny it was kind.
w:You have gal-lop-ing bal-li-ci-tus, and you're think-in' it's time you died,
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w:And they save and scrape and pon-der,* while the rest go out and squan-der,*
w:But when part-ing was no plea-sure,** I've drunk a-no-ther mea-sure*
w:If you've been a man of ac-tion,* though you're ly-ing there in trac-tion,*
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w:See the world and rove and wan-der and they're hap-pi-er as a rule.
w:To the good friends that we trea-sure, for they al-ways are on our mind.
w:You may gain some sa-tis-fac-tion think-in', "Je-sus, at least I tried!"
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