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Rambling Rover Lyrics by The McCalmans

1988

[Intro]
Oh there's sober men a-plenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
That have never yet kissed a girl
But gae me a rambling rover
Frae Orkney down tae Dover
We will roam the country over
And together we'll face the world
There are many who feign enjoyment
From merciless employmеnt
Their ambition was this deployment
From thе minute they left the school
And they save and scrape and ponder
While the rest go out and squander
See the world and rove and wander
And are happier as a rule
[Chorus]
Oh there's sober men a-plenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
That have never yet kissed a girl
But gae me a rambling rover
Frae Orkney down tae Dover
We will roam the country over
And together we'll face the world
I have roamed through all the nations
Ta'en delight in all creation
And enjoyed a wee sensation
When the company, it was kind
And when parting was no pleasure
I've drunk another measure
To the good friends that we treasure
For they always are in our minds
[Chorus]
Oh there's sober men a-plenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
That have never yet kissed a girl
But gae me a rambling rover
Frae Orkney down tae Dover
We will roam the country over
And together we'll face the world
If you're bent with arthritis
And your bowels have got colitis
You've garnered bollockitis
And you're thinking it's time you died
If you've been a man of action
And you're lying there in traction
You can gain some satisfaction
Thinking "Jesus at least I tried!"
[Chorus]
Oh there's sober men a-plenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
That have never yet kissed a girl
But gae me a rambling rover
Frae Orkney down tae Dover
We will roam the country over
And together we'll face the world
[Outro]
Oh there's sober men a-plenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
That have never yet kissed a girl
But gae me a rambling rover
Frae Orkney down tae Dover
We will roam the country over
And together we'll face the world
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The McCalmans

The McCalmans

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