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The wild rover
Ook wel: The Wild Rover
- I've been a wild rover for many's a year
and I've spent all my money on whiskey and beer,
but 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 never, no more. - I went to an alehouse I used to frequent
and I told the landlady my money was spent.
I asked her for credit, she answered me: "Nay,
such a custom as yours I can have any day."
- I went up from my pocket ten sovereigns bright
and the landlady's eyes opened wide with delight.
She said: "I have whiskeys and wines of the best
and the words that I told you were only in jest."
- I'll go home to my parents, confess what I've done,
and I'll ask them to pardon their prodigal son
and if they've caressed me as ofttimes before,
then I never will play the wild rover no more.
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