A Rambling Rover

歌詞

(Chorus) Oh there's sober men & plenty And drunkards barely twenty There are men of over ninety That have never yet kissed a girl. But give me a rambling rover Fae Orkney down to Dover We will roam the country over And together we'll face the world. There's many that feign enjoyment From merciless employment Their ambition was this deployment From the minute they left the school And they save and scrape and ponder, While the rest go out and squander See the world and rove and wander - And they're happier as a rule. Chorus I've roamed through all the nations Ta'en delight in all creation And I've tried a wee sensation Where the company did prove kind. When parting was no pleasure I've drunk another measure To the good friends that we treasure For they always are in our mind. Chorus If you're bent with arthritis Your bowels have got colitis You've galloping ballicitus And you're thinking it's time you died. If you've been a man of action While you're lying there in traction You may gain some satisfaction Thinking "Jesus, at least I've tried