Name: Wild Rover
Duration: P00H03M45S
Description: Whilst commonly considered a rousing drinking song, this version learnt from Peter Kennedy’s 1954 recording of Alec Bloomfield of Framlingham, Suffolk, reflects the song's temperance roots.

Wild Rover

from The Poacher's Fate by Laura Smyth & Ted Kemp

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Whilst commonly considered a rousing drinking song, this version learnt from Peter Kennedy’s 1954 recording of Alec Bloomfield of Framlingham, Suffolk, reflects the song's temperance roots.

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Well I've been a wild rover for many long years
and I've spent all my money on tobacco and beer
but I've given up wild roving, put my money in store
And I never will play the wild rover no more

wild rover, wild rover no more
and I never will play the wild rover no more

I went to a ale house that I used to frequent
and I told the landlady my money was spent
I asked for a glass and they answered me "nay"
Such a customer as you I can find any day

(chorus)

I put my hand in my pocket and from it I drew
a handful of notes on the counter I threw
now I could have had whisky or brandy galore
but I never will play the wild rover no more

(chorus)

I'll go to my father, tell him what I've done
and hope that he'll pardon his prodigal son
I'll go to my mother and there I'll remain
and I never will play the wild rover again

(chorus)

and its no nay never no never no more
and I never will play the wild rover no more

(chorus)

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from The Poacher's Fate, released November 25, 2017
Trad. arr. Laura Smyth & Ted Kemp

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