Though the night be as dark as dungeons,
Not a star to be seen above,
I will be guided without a stumble,
Into the arms of my own true love,
I'm a rover and seldom sober,
I'm a rover of high degree,
It's 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 rapped at her bedroom window,
Darling' dear do you lie alone,
I'm a rover and seldom sober,
I'm a rover of high degree,
It's when I'm drinking',
I'm always thinking',
How to gain my love's company,
She raised her head from her snow-white pillow,
With her arms about her breast,
Who is that at my bedroom window,
Disturbing me at my long nights rest,
I'm a rover and seldom sober,
I'm a rover of high degree,
It's when I'm drinking',
I'm always thinking',
How to gain my love's company,
It's only me your own true lover,
Open the door and let me in,
For I have come on a long journey,
And I'm near drenched to the skin,
I'm a rover and seldom sober,
I'm a rover of high degree,
It's when I'm drinking',
I'm always thinking',
How to gain my love's company,
She opened the door with the greatest pleasure,
She opened the door and she let him in,
They both took hands and embraced each other,
Till the morning they lay as one,
I'm a rover and seldom sober,
I'm a rover of high degree,
It's when I'm drinking',
I'm always thinking',
How to gain my love's company,
The cocks were cawing the birds were whistling,
The streams they ran free about the brae,
Remember lass I'm a ploughman's laddie,
And the farmer I must obey,
I'm a rover and seldom sober,
I'm a rover of high degree,
It's when I'm drinking',
I'm always thinking',
How to gain my love's company.
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