Collection of Irish Song Lyrics
Rambling Rover
CHORUS
Oh theres sober men and plenary
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
That have never yet kissed a girl
But give me a ramblin rover
Frae Orkney down to Dover
We will roam the country over
And together we ll face the world
Theres many that feign enjoyment
From merciless employment,
Their ambition was this deployment
From the minute they left the school.
they save and scrape and ponder
While the rest go out and squander,
See the world and rove and wander
And are happier as a rule.
CHORUS
I ve roamed through all the nations
Taking delight in all creations,
enjoyed the wee sensations
When the company it was kind.
But when partin was no pleasure,
I ve drunk an extra measure
To the good friends that we treasure
For they always are on our mind.
CHORUS
If you re bent with arteritis
Your bowels have got Colitis
You ve gallopin bollockitis
And you re thinkin it's time you died
If you been a man of action
While you re lying there in traction
You will get some satisfaction
Thinkin Jesus, at least I tried
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