The Mudcat Café TM
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