I'm a Rover

歌詞

Though the night be dark as dungeon Not a star to be seen above But I'll be guided without a stumble Into the arms of my own true love I'm a rover, seldom sober I'm a rover of high degree And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking How to gain my love's company He steppit up to her bedroom window Kneeling gently upon a stone He rappit on her bedroom window "Darling dear, do you lie alone?" I'm a rover, seldom sober I'm a rover of high degree And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking How to gain my love's company "It's only me, your own true lover Open the door and please let me in For I have come a long journey And I'm near drenched to the skin" I'm a rover, seldom sober I'm a rover of high degree And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking How to gain my love's company She opened the door with the greatest pleasure Opened the door and she let him in They both shook hands and embraced each other Until the morning they lay as one I'm a rover, seldom sober I'm a rover of high degree And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking How to gain my love's company The cocks were crawing, the birds were whistling Streams ran freely abune the brae "Remember, lass, I'm a ploughman laddie And the farmer I must obey" I'm a rover, seldom sober I'm a rover of high degree And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking How to gain my love's company "Now my love, I must go and leave thee Though the hills they are high above But I will climb them with greatest pleasure Since I've been in the arms of my own true love I'm a rover, seldom sober I'm a rover of high degree And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking How to gain my love's company