G       C
I've    been a wild rover for many a    year
        G       C       D7      G
I       spent all me    money on        whiskey and     beer
        G       C
But     now I'm returning with gold in great    store
        G       C       D7      G
And     I never will    play the        wild rover no   more

chorus:
        D7      G       C
   And it's     no nay never,    no nay never no        more
        G       C       D7      G
   Will I       play the wild   rover, no       never, no       more

        G       C
I       went in to an alehouse I used to fre    quent
        G       C       D7      G
And I   told the land   lady me         money was       spent
        G       C
I       asked her for credit, she answered me " Nay!"
        G       C       D7      G
"Such   custom as       yours I could   have any        day!"

chorus

        G       C
I       took out of me pocket ten sovereigns    bright
        G       C       D7      G
And the         landlady's      eyes opened     wide with de    light
        G       C
She     said: "I have whiskeys and wines on the         best!
        G       C       D7      G
And the         words that I    told you were   only in         jest!"

chorus

        G       C
I'll go         home to my parents, confess what I've   done
        G       C       D7      G
And     ask them to     pardon their    prodigal        son
        G       C
And     when they've caressed me as oftimes be  fore
        G       C       D7      G
I       never will      play the wild   rover no        more.

chorus (x2)