Intro
B B B E B B B F# B B B E B B F# B B B B
[Verse]
B E
I've been the wild rover for many's the year
B F# B
And I've spent all me money on whiskey and beer
B E
But now I'm returning with gold in great store
B F# B
And I never will play the wild rover no more
[Chorus]
F# B E
And it's no, nay, never, no, nay, never no more
B E F# B
Will I play the wild rover, no, never no more
[Verse]
B E
I went to an alehouse I used to frequent
B F# B
And I told the landlady me money was spent
B E
I asked her for credit, she answered me "nay"
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"Such a custom as yours I can have every day"
[Verse]
B E
I then took from me money ten sovereigns bright
B F# B
And the landlady's eyes opened wide with delight
B E
She says "I have whiskeys and wines of the best"
B F# B
And the words that you told me were only in jest
[Chorus]
F# B E
And it's no, nay, never, no, nay, never no more
B E F# B
Will I play the wild rover, no, never no more
F# B E
And it's no, nay, never, no, nay, never no more
B E F# E F#
Will I play the wild rover, no, never no more
[Interlude]
B B B E B B B F# G#m G#m G#m E B B F# B B B B
[Verse]
B B E
I'll home to my parents, confess what I'd done
B F# B
And I'll ask them to pardon their prodigal son
B B E
And when they've caressed me as ofttimes before
B F# B
I never will play the wild rover no more
[Chorus]
F# B E
And it's no, nay, never, no, nay, never no more
B E F# B
Will I play the wild rover, no, never no more
F# B N.C. E
And it's no, nay, never, no, nay, never no more
B E F# B
Will I play the wild rover, no, never no more
B E F# B
Will I play the wild rover, no, never no more