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Wild Rover (No, Nay, Never)
Author Unknown, Music: Traditional

Note: This well known ballad was first seen printed in 1904, and versions of it can be found all over the world.

I've been a wild rover for many's a year,
And I've spent all me money on whiskey and beer.
And 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 I used to frequent,
And I told the landlady me money was spent.
I asked her for credit, she answered me, "Nay,
Such a custom as yours I can have any day."

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I took out from my pocket ten 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 spoke, sure 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 if they caress me as oft' times before,
Sure, I never will play the wild rover no more.

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