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T: the Wild Rover    [C]
O: Ireland
R: waltz
Z: 2018 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
S: Printed page of unknown origin, via the Merry Minstrels (Lexington MA USA)
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F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/session/PF/Belmont/Wild_Rover/Wild_Rover-C-34-6w18.abc	 2024-12-21 064055 UT
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w:1.~I've been a wild ro-ver for ma-ny's the year,
w:2.~I~went in-to an ale-house I used to fre-quent,
w:3.~I~then took from my poc-ket ten so-ve-reigns bright,
w:4.~I'll~go home to my pa-rents, con-fess what I've done,
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w: and I've spent all me mo-ney on whi-skey and beer.
w: and I told the land-la-dy me mo-ney was spent.
w: and the land-lady's eyes o-pen-ed wide with de-light.
w: and I'll ask them to par-don their pro-di-gal son.
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w: But now I'm re-turn-ing with gold in great store,
w: I asked her for cre-dit, she an-swered me nay,
w: She said I'd have whis-key and wines of the best,
w: And when they ca-ress me as oft' times be-fore,
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w: and I ne-ver will play the wild ro-ver no more.
w: Such a cus-tom like yours I can have a-ny day.
w: and the words that she told me were on-ly in jest.
w: then I ne-ver will play the wild ro-ver no more.
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w: And it's no, nay, ne-ver,** no, nay, ne-ver, no more
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w: will I play* the wild ro-ver* no, ne-ver,* no more.
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