X: 107
T: the Rambling Rover
C: Andy M. Stewart (1952-2015), Scotland
R: song
D: Silly Wizard
D: The Dubliners
Z: id:hn-song-107 modified by John Chambers
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
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K: C
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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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