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Thread #77135 Message #1372438
Posted By: susu
05-Jan-05 - 05:47 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: I Am a Rover (MacColl)
Subject: Lyr Add: I AM A ROVER
Is this it? Susu
CHORUS (AFTER EACH VERSE): I am a rover, and that's well known: I am a-bound for to leave my home; Leaving my friends and my dear to mourn; My bonny lass, till I return.
She drew a chair, and bade me sit down, And soon she'd told me her heart I'd won: She turned her head when I took my leave - Farewell my lass, for me don't grieve.
Oh, am I bound or am I free? Oh, am I bound for to marry thee? A married life you soon shall see, A contented mind's no jealousy.
I sat me down for to write a song, I wrote it wide and I wrote it long, At every line I cried "My dear" At every word, I shed a tear.
As I rode over yon dreary moor, Ere I lost sight of my true love's door, My legs were lame and my eyes were blind - I'd left my bonny lass behind.