\selectlanguage{english} \songcolumns{2} \beginsong{The Wild Rover}[by=Traditional] \beginverse I've\[Sol] been a wild rover for many a\[Do] year And I've\[Sol] spent all me\[Ré] money on whiskey and\[Sol] beer But\[Sol] now im returning with gold in great\[Do] store And I\[Sol] never will\[Ré] play the wild rover no\[Sol] more \endverse \beginchorus And it's\[Ré] no nay never\[Sol] no nay never no\[Do] more Will I\[Sol] play the wild\[Do] rover,no\[Sol] never\[Ré] no\[Sol] more \endchorus \beginverse I went into an ale-house 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 as yours I can get any day \endverse \beginverse I took from my pocket 10 sovereigns bright And the landladie's eyes opened wide with delight She said I have whiskey and wines of the best And the words that I spoke were only in jest \endverse \beginverse I'll go home to my parents confess what I've done And I'll ask them to pardon their prodigal son And when they forgive me as oft times before Sure I never will play the wild rover no more \endverse \endsong