Which reminds me 'rambler' and 'rover' are synonyms. May songs often start with 'I've been a rambling most of the night and the best part of the day.' so it can be applied to seasonal customs. 'Young Ramble-away' is obviously a nickname, someone rambling from town to town looking for work. Like Gypsies, beggars, pedlars and soldiers on the march, they were often in ballads depicted as amorous and exotic, so attractive to young impressionable women.
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