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Thread #103445   Message #4147202
Posted By: GUEST,Lyrics
13-Jul-22 - 12:25 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Andy Stewart's version of Wild Rover
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Andy Stewart's version of Wild Rover
I've been singing this version of Wild Rover for over 40 years - I must've learned it off Andy Stewart's record because I can't find these same verses anywhere else. I may be missing a verse? That's how I found this thread, I was looking for the lyrics. Here is what I remember:

I've been a wild rover for many's a year
And I spent all me money on whiskey and beer
There's girls that I've kissed now, a dozen or more
Och, there may have been others, but who's keepin score

And it's no, nay, never...

I've traveled all over through city and town
Ah, the prices go up and the whisky goes down
In all my wild rovin' just one thing was wrong
Oh, the nights were too short and the days were too long

And it's no, nay, never...

For now I can hear them, the wedding bells chime
Aye and one bonnie lassie is gonna be mine
Last night I was with her, last night I was free
Ah, but these are the last words that she said to me

She said NO, NAY, NEVER, no nay never no more
And YOU'LL play the wild rover no never, no more