I’m a Rover - Dubliners Tab’d by wompton Capo on 2nd fret [CHORUS] I’m a rover and seldom sober I’m a rover o’ high degree It’s when I’m drinking I’m always thinking How to gain my love’s company [VERSE 1] Though the night be dark as dungeon No’ a star can be seen above I will be guided without a stumble Into the arms o’ my own true love [CHORUS] I’m a rover and seldom sober I’m a rover o’ high degree It’s when I’m drinking I’m always thinking How to gain my love’s company [VERSE 2] He stepped up to her bedroom window Kneelin’ gently upon a stone He whispered through her bedroom-window "My Darlin’ dear do you lie alone?" [CHORUS] I’m a rover and seldom sober I’m a rover o’ high degree It’s when I’m drinking I’m always thinking How to gain my love’s company [VERSE 3] She raised her head from her down-white pillow Through her arms about her breast "say who is that at my bedroom window Disturbin’ me at my long night’s rest?" [CHORUS] I’m a rover and seldom sober I’m a rover o’ high degree It’s when I’m drinking I’m always thinking How to gain my love’s company [VERSE 4] “Says I my love it’s thy own true lover Open the door and let me in. For I have come on a long nights journey And I’m near drenched to the skin." [CHORUS] I’m a rover and seldom sober I’m a rover o’ high degree It’s when I’m drinking I’m always thinking How to gain my love’s company [VERSE 5] She opened the door with the greatest pleasure She opened the door and she let him in They baith shook hands and embraced each other Until the mornin’ they lay as one [CHORUS] I’m a rover and seldom sober I’m a rover o’ high degree It’s when I’m drinking I’m always thinking How to gain my love’s company [VERSE 6] The cocks were crowin’ the birds were whistlin’ The burns they ran free abune the brae "Says I my lass I’m a ploughman laddie And the farmer I must obey." [CHORUS] I’m a rover and seldom sober I’m a rover o’ high degree It’s when I’m drinking I’m always thinking How to gain my love’s company [VERSE 7] Says I my love I must go and leave you And climb the hills they are far above But I will climb with the greatest pleasure Since I been in the arms o’ my love. [CHORUS] I’m a rover and seldom sober I’m a rover o’ high degree It’s when I’m drinking I’m always thinking How to gain my love’s company