Intro F#  C# F# 

                F#             B        F# 
There's ne'er a night that I'm going to ramble 
        F#                      C# 
Ne'er a night that I'm going to roam 
                F#                      F# 
There's ne'er a night that I'm going to ramble 
         F#          C#       F# 
'Tae the airms of my ain true love 

           F#       B         F# 
Though the night be dark as a dungeon 
      F#              C# 
Not a star to be seen above 
              F#                 F# 
I'll take the road now without a stumble 
          F#          C#       F# 
Intae the airms o' my ain true love 

          F#     B      F# 
For I'm a rover, seldom sober 
      F#            C# 
I'm a rover o' high degree 
              F#                   F# 
It's when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking 
       F#             C#   F# 
How to gain my love's company 

        F#         B       F# 
I crept up tae her bedroom window 
         F#            C# 
Kneelin' gently upon a stane; 
            F#                 F# 
I whispered softly through her window 
         F#             C#  F# 
"Darlin' lassie, be you lie alane?" 

               F#          B          F# 
She raised her head on her snaw-white pillow 
        F#                    C# 
Wi' her arms raised round her breast 
             F#                 F# 
Says "who is that at my bedroom window 
           F#       C#           F# 
Disturbin' me at my long night's rest?" 

           F#     B      F# 
Well I'm a rover, seldom sober 
      F#            C# 
I'm a rover o' high degree 
              F#                   F# 
It's when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking 
       F#             C#   F# 
How to gain my love's company 

      F#                    B        F# 
Said "I true Love it's your own true lover 
         F#              C# 
Open the door and let me in 
           F#                  F# 
For I have come on a long long journey 
         F#         C#    F# 
And I am drenched unto me skin." 

               F#            B     F# 
She opened the door then without a murmer 
           F#                    C# 
Opened the door and then let him in 
           F#                       F# 
And sinely kissed and embraced each other 
           F#           C#     F# 
And in the mornin' they lay as yin 

           F#     B      F# 
Well I'm a rover, seldom sober 
      F#            C# 
I'm a rover o' high degree 
              F#                   F# 
It's when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking 
       F#             C#   F# 
How to gain my love's company 

            F#          B          F# 
The day was dawning The cocks were crawin' 
           F#                 C# 
Birds were whistlin' on every tree 
            F#                   F# 
Fairwell my true love now I must leave you 
        F#             C#        F# 
For the long night has turned to day 

           F#     B      F# 
Well I'm a rover, seldom sober 
      F#            C# 
I'm a rover o' high degree 
              F#                   F# 
It's when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking 
       F#             C#   F# 
How to gain my love's company 

           F#     B      F# 
Well I'm a rover, seldom sober 
      F#            C# 
I'm a rover o' high degree 
              F#                   F# 
It's when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking 
       F#             C#   F# 
How to gain my love's company