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I'm A Rover
Traditional
Key <G>
Though the night be dark as dungeon
Not a star to be seen above
I will guided without a stumble
To the arms of my own true love
(chorus each time)
I'm a rover seldom sober
I'm a rover by degree
And when I'm drinking I'm always thinking
How to gain my loves company
He steppit up to her bedroom window
Kneeling gently upon a stone
He rappit at her bedroom window
Darling dear do you lie alone
She raised her head off her snow white pillow
Her arms about her breast
Who is that at me bedroom window
Disturbing me and my long night rest
It's only me your own true lover
Open the door and let me in
For I have come on a long long journey
And I'm near drenched to the skin
She open the door with the greatest pleasure
Opened the door and she let me in
We shook hands and embraced each other
Till the morning we lay as one
The cocks were crowing the birds were whistling
The burn ran free above the brae
Remember lass I'm a ploughman's laddie
And my master I must obey
No my lass I must go leave you
Though the hills they be high above
I will climb they with the greatest pleasure
Since I've been in the arms of my own true love