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Wild Rover: Lyrics and Meaning

The song tells the story of a man known as a "wild rover" who has spent his money on whiskey and beer for many years. He returns home with gold, hoping to be forgiven for his past behavior. When asking a landlady for credit at an alehouse, she refuses him, reminding him of his past habits. However, when he shows her the gold, she changes her mind, offering her finest drinks. The man then decides he will go home to his parents, ask their forgiveness for his actions, and vows to never return to his wild ways again.

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Wild Rover: Lyrics and Meaning

The song tells the story of a man known as a "wild rover" who has spent his money on whiskey and beer for many years. He returns home with gold, hoping to be forgiven for his past behavior. When asking a landlady for credit at an alehouse, she refuses him, reminding him of his past habits. However, when he shows her the gold, she changes her mind, offering her finest drinks. The man then decides he will go home to his parents, ask their forgiveness for his actions, and vows to never return to his wild ways again.

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  • Wild Rover

Irish trad.

Wild Rover
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I went to 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 could have any day'.
And it's no, nay, never ...
I've been a wild rover
for many's the year,
and I 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.
And it's no, nay, never!
No, nay, never, no more,
will I play the wild rover.
No nay never no more!
I'll have none of your whiskeys
nor ne Spanish wines,
For your words show you clearly
as no friend of mine.
There's others most willing
to open a door,
To a man coming home
from a far distant shore.
And it's no, nay, never ...
I pulled from me pocket
a handful of gold,
and on the round table
it glittered and rolled.
She said 'I have whiskeys
and wines of the best,
and the words that I told you
were only in jest'.
And it's no, nay, never ...

I'll go home to me parents,
confess what I've done,
and I'll ask them to pardon
their prodigal son.
And if they forgive me
as oft times before,
I never will play
the wild rover no more.
And it's no, nay, never ...

Irish trad. Wild Rover mo u0001 C me on u0001 u0004 ney u0001 spent u0001 F I u0001 and u0001 u0001 all u0001 43 u0002 whis u0001 and u0001 u0004 key u0001 wild u0001 a u0001 ver u0001 ro
I'll go home to me parents, confess what I've done, and I'll ask them to pardon their prodigal son. And if they forgive m

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