Whilst talking to one of my WEA students today, the subject of the Temperance Movement cropped up. He said that Wild Rover was actually a song that was widely used at temperance meetings, and some of the information on previous threads on this song seems to back this up.

It does seem to make sense when you listen to the lyrics about a reformed drinker and general waster. If this is so, are our normal boozy renditions of the song not really in keeping with its tradition.

Should we sing it sober?