I've been a wild rover for many's the year and I've spent all me money on whiskey and beer and now I'm returning with gold in great store and I never will play the wild rover no more [Chorus:] And it's no, nay, never, no, nay, never! No more will I play the wild rover, no, never, no more I went into an alehouse that I used to frequent and I told the landlady me money was spent I asked her for credit, she answered me nay such a custom like yours I could have any day [Chorus] I then took from me pocket ten sovereigns bright and the landlady's eyes opened up with delight she said she had whiskeys and wines of the best and the words that she told me were only in jest [Chorus] I went home to my parents, confessed what I'd done and I asked them to pardon their prodigal son and when they'd forgave me as oft times before I never will play the wild rover no more [Chorus]