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GUEST, Alan Alternative words for the Wild Rover?? (103* d) RE: Alternative words for the Wild Rover?? 07 Dec 09


There's a great mad-axeman version that surely deserves a mention, though I can only recall bits of it - anyone know the rest?

I've been a mad-axeman for many a year,
And I've killed lots of people and quite a few deer,
I've tried killing babies, it's just not the same,
They die far too quickly with not enough pain

And it's NO NAY NEVER (chop off your head!)
Will I play the mad-axeman, no never no more

I went to an alehouse I used to frequent,
I killed so many people my axe it got bent,
They begged me for mercy, I answered them nay,
...
[Bits missing from my memory]

I'll go home to my parents, confess what I've done,
And I'll try not to kill them before half past one,
If I should do so it'll be such a chore,
For I'll have to wipe all of their blood off the floor

And it's NO NAY NEVER (chop off your head!)etc


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