The Wild Rover

I've been a wild rover for many's a year
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 And I spent half me money drinkin' strong ale and beer
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 But now for the future I must take better care
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 In case that misfortune might come to my share
 Wild rovin' I'll give it over
 Wild rovin' give o'er
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 And I never will be called a
 Wild rover no more
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 I went into an alehouse I used to resort
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 And I told the landlady that my money was short
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 When she heard of my story, oh her answer 'twas nay
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 Saying "Custom such as yours I could have any day"
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 Wild rovin' I'll give it over
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 Wild rovin' give o'er
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 And I never will be called a
 Wild rover no more
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 I put my hand in my pocket, some money to find
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 And I pulled out the full of my two fists five times
 When she saw I had the money, and money galore
 When she saw I had the money, well she called me her stór
 Saying "I'll have me a whiskey and wines of the best
 And the words I had spoken, they were only in jest"
 Wild rovin' I'll give it over
 Wild rovin' give o'er
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 And I never will be called a
 Wild rover no more
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 If I had half the money I left in your care
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 It would buy me ten acres and my family rear
 It would thatch me a cottage, it would build me a barn
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 It would buy me a coat for to keep my back warm
 Wild rovin' I'll give it over
 Wild rovin' give o'er
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 And I never will be called a
 Wild rover no more