| There`s ne`er a nicht I`m gane to ramble, there`s ne`er a nicht I`m gane to roam |
| There`s ne`er a nicht I`m gane to ramble, intae the erms of me ain true love |
| I’m a rover, seldom sober, I’m a rover of high degree |
| It’s when I’m drinkin’I’m always thinkin’how to gain my love’s company |
| Though the nicht be as dark as dungeon, not a star can be seen above |
| I will be guided without a stumble, intae the erms of my ane true love |
| I’m a rover, seldom sober, I’m a rover of high degree |
| It’s when I’m drinkin’I’m always thinkin’how to gain my love’s company |
| He stepped up tae her bedroom winday, kneeling gently upon a staine |
| He whispers through her bedroom winday, my darling dear do you lie alaine |
| I’m a rover, seldom sober, I’m a rover of high degree |
| It’s when I’m drinkin’I’m always thinkin’how to gain my love’s company |
| She raised her head from her down soft pillow, wi` her erms around her breasts |
| Says: «Why is that that my bedroom winday is `sterbing me at my long nicht`s |
| rest?» |
| I’m a rover, seldom sober, I’m a rover of high degree |
| It’s when I’m drinkin’I’m always thinkin’how to gain my love’s company |
| Says I: «My love it’s I thy true lover, open the door and let me in |
| For I have come on a long nights journey more than near drenched to my skin» |
| I’m a rover, seldom sober, I’m a rover of high degree |
| It’s when I’m drinkin’I’m always thinkin’how to gain my love’s company |
| She opened the door wi` the greatest pleasure, she opened the door and she let |
| him in |
| They both shook hands and embraced each other, until the morning they lay as one |
| I’m a rover, seldom sober, I’m a rover of high degree |
| It’s when I’m drinkin’I’m always thinkin’how to gain my love’s company |
| Says I: My love I must go and leave you, to climb the hills they are far above |
| But I will climb wi` the greatest pleasure, since I’ve been in the arms of my |
| love |