Wild rover

 G                                              C
I've been a wild rover for many a year,
                G                 D                                     G
and I've spent all me money on whiskey and beer.
                                                                   C
But now I'm returning with gold in great store,
          G             D                                 G       
and I never will play the wild rover no more.



             D                       
And it's no, nay, never,
G                           C
no, nay, never, no more,
        G                   C          
will I play the wild rover,
     D              G
no never, no more.




          G                                                           C
I went straight to an ale house I used to frequent,
          G                 D                                G
and I told the landlady me money was spent.
                                                                     C
I asked her for credit, she answered me nay,
          G                D                                    G
such custom like yours I could have any day.




             D                       
And it's no, nay, never,
G                           C
no, nay, never, no more,
        G                   C          
will I play the wild rover,
     D              G
no never, no more.




  G                                                           C
I took from me pocket ten sovereigns bright,
              G              D                                          G
and the landlady's eyes opened wide with delight,
                                                                            C
She said, "I have whiskeys and wines of the best,
              G                   D                                G
and the words I have told you were only in jest."




             D                       
And it's no, nay, never,
G                            C
no, nay, never, no more,
        G                  C          
will I play the wild rover,
     D              G
no never, no more.




         G                                                                C
I'll go home to me parents, confess what I've done,
            G                  D                                 G
and I'll ask them to pardon their prodigal son.
                                                               C
And if they caress me as oft times before,
            G             D                                  G
Than I never will play the wild rover no more!


             D                       
And it's no, nay, never,
G                           C
no, nay, never, no more,
        G                  C          
will I play the wild rover,
     D             G
no never, no more.




             D                       
And it's no, nay, never,
G                           C
no, nay, never, no more,
        G                  C          
will I play the wild rover,
     D             G
no never, no more.