The Wild Rover

traditional Scottish or Irish

arranged by Eleanor Gow

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I've been a wild ro - ver for ma - ny a year, And I've

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spent all my mo - ney on whis - key and beer, But

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now I'm re - turn - ing with gold in great store, And I

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ne - ver will play the wild ro - ver no more. And it's

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©Eleanor Gow 2020

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No, nay ne - ver, no more. Will I play the wild

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ro - ver, No, ne ver, no more!

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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 when they've caressed me as oft' times before
I never will play the wild no more.

And it's no, nay, never,

No, nay, never, no more
Will I play the wild rover,
No, never, no more!