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Thread #109785 Message #2298158
Posted By: Rog Peek
26-Mar-08 - 03:02 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ballad of The Wild Rovers
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ballad of The Wild Rovers
I have a confession to make Joe, I had recorded the film, but was too lazy to transcribe the myself....well I've capitulated so here it is:
Come all you wild rovers and listen to me
Gonna tell you the tale of my sad history
I'm a cowboy of fortune, a lover of life
Too old for a sweetheart too young for a wife
I've drunk me some whisky and roped me a steer
I've busted wild broncos from Texas to here
My clothes they are ragged, my language is tough
A sweet loving woman could smooth out the rough
Well I've tasted it all and I'm telling you now
If I had me the chance I'd sure do it again
But the days are much shorter and winter is nigh
And sooner or later a man's gonna die
So drink to the rovers the last of their kind
They're wild and they're wooley and out of their minds
Just a few more tomorrows they won't be around
Forgotten by all, six feet in the ground.
Not sure who wrote it, possibly Ernie Sheldon, perhaps someone could confirm, or otherwise.