The Wild Rover

C F I've been a wild rover for many a year C G C I've spent all me money on whiskey and beer F I'll give up my roving with my money in store C G C And I never will play the wild rover no more G And it's no, nay, never C F No, nay, never, no more C F Will I play the wild rover G C No, never, no more F I went into an ale-house I used to frequent C G C And I told the landlady me money was spent F I called for a pint and she says to me, "Nay C G C Such custom as yours I can have any day" G And it's no, nay, never C F No, nay, never, no more C F Will I play the wild rover G C No, never, no more F Put me hand in me pocket, where was all me gold C G C And on the round table it glittered and rolled F "Now here's my best brandy and whiskey and all" C G C "Begone old landlady, I'll have nothing at all" G And it's no, nay, never C F No, nay, never, no more C F Will I play the wild rover G C No, never, no more F I'll go home to me parents, confess what I've done C G C And ask them to pardon their prodigal son F And if they forgive me, which they've done times before C G C I never will play the wild rover no more G And it's no, nay, never C F No, nay, never, no more C F Will I play the wild rover G C No, never, no more