I'm a Rover

I'm a rover, seldom sober I'm a rover of high degree For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking How to gain my love's company Though the night be as dark as dungeon Not a star to be seen above I will be guided without a stumble To the arms of my ain true love I'm a rover, seldom sober I'm a rover of high degree For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking How to gain my love's company He stepped up to her bedroom window Kneeling gently upon a stone He knocked upon her bedroom window "My darling dear, do you lie alone?" I'm a rover, seldom sober I'm a rover of high degree For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking How to gain my love's company It's only me, your own true lover Open up, dear, and let me in For I have come on a long journey And I'm near drenched to the skin I'm a rover, seldom sober I'm a rover of high degree For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking How to gain my love's company She opened up with the greatest pleasure She opened up and she let him in They both shook hands and embraced each other Until the morning, they lay as one I'm a rover, seldom sober I'm a rover of high degree For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking How to gain my love's company #instrumental I'm a rover, seldom sober I'm a rover of high degree For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking How to gain my love's company The cocks were crawing, the birds were whistling The streams, they ran free about the brae Remember lass, I'm a ploughman laddie And the farmer I must obey I'm a rover, seldom sober I'm a rover of high degree For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking How to gain my love's company Now my love, I must go and leave you Though the hills, they be high above I will climb them with greatest pleasure Since I've been in the arms love I'm a rover, seldom sober I'm a rover of high degree For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking How to gain my love's company I'm a rover, seldom sober I'm a rover of high degree For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking How to gain my love's company