The Wild Rover - Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem

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 Chorus: And it's no, nay, never No, nay, never, no more Will I play the Wild Rover No never, no more I went into an alehouse that 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" Then out of my pockets I took sovereigns bright And the landlady's eyes opened wide with delight She said "I have whiskey and wines of the best And the words that I said, they 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 caress me as oft times before Then I never will play the Wild Rover no more