I'm a Rover - The Wolfe Tones

I must away now, I cannot tarry

This morning’s tempest I have to cross

I must be guided without a stumble

Into the arms that I love the most

For I’m a rover, seldom sober

I’m a rover of high degree

It’s when I’m drinking I’m always thinking

How to gain my love’s company

And when he came to his true love’s dwelling

He knelt down gently upon a stone

And through the window he whispered slowly

«Is my true lover within at home?»

For I’m a rover, seldom sober

I’m a rover of high degree

It’s when I’m drinking I’m always thinking

How to gain my love’s company

Wake up, wake up, love

'Tis your own true lover

Wake up, wake up, love and let me in

For I am wet, love and I am weary

For I am wet, love unto my skin

She raised her up with the greatest of pleasure

She raised her up and she let him in

And they were locked in eachother’s arms, dear

'Til the long night was passed and gone

For I’m a rover, seldom sober

I’m a rover of high degree

It’s when I’m drinking I’m always thinking

How to gain my love’s company

And when the long night was passed and gone

And when the small clouds began to go

He’s ta’en her hand, aye, they kissed and parted

He saddled and mounted and away did go

For I’m a rover, seldom sober

I’m a rover of high degree

It’s when I’m drinking I’m always thinking

How to gain my love’s company