| G | C | |
| I've | been a wild rover for many a | year |
| G | C | D7 | G | |
| I | spent all me | money on | whiskey and | beer |
| G | C | |
| But | now I'm returning with gold in great | store |
| G | C | D7 | G | |
| And | I never will | play the | wild rover no | more |
| chorus: |
| D7 | G | C | |
| And it's | no nay never, | no nay never no | more |
| G | C | D7 | G | |
| Will I | play the wild | rover, no | never, no | more |
| G | C | |
| I | went in to an alehouse I used to fre | quent |
| G | C | D7 | G | |
| And I | told the land | lady me | money was | spent |
| G | C | |
| I | asked her for credit, she answered me " | Nay!" |
| G | C | D7 | G | |
| "Such | custom as | yours I could | have any | day!" |
| chorus |
| G | C | |
| I | took out of me pocket ten sovereigns | bright |
| G | C | D7 | G | |
| And the | landlady's | eyes opened | wide with de | light |
| G | C | |
| She | said: "I have whiskeys and wines on the | best! |
| G | C | D7 | G | |
| And the | words that I | told you were | only in | jest!" |
| chorus |
| G | C | |
| I'll go | home to my parents, confess what I've | done |
| G | C | D7 | G | |
| And | ask them to | pardon their | prodigal | son |
| G | C | |
| And | when they've caressed me as oftimes be | fore |
| G | C | D7 | G | |
| I | never will | play the wild | rover no | more. |
| chorus (x2) |
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| | Tabbed by Eduard Möllenkamp, 2003 | |
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