Though the night be dark as dungeon
Not a star to be seen above
I will be guided without a stumble
To the arms of me own true love
I went up to her bedroom window
Kneelin' gently upon a stone
I rapped on her bedroom window
"Darlin' dear, do you lie alone?"

I'm a rover, seldom sober
I'm a rover of high degree
And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking
How to gain my love's company

She raised her head from her feather pillow
With her arms up about her breast
Saying "Who's at me bedroom window
Disturbin' me at me long night's rest?"

"It's only me, your own true lover
Open the door and please let me in
For I have come on a lonely journey
And I'm near drenched to the skin."

I'm a rover, seldom sober
I'm a rover of high degree
And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking
How to gain my love's company

She opened the door with the greatest pleasure
Opened the door and she let me in
We both shook hands and embraced each other
'Til the mornin' we lay as one

Well now, me love, I must go and leave you
Though the mountains be high above
I will climb them with greater pleasure
That I've been with me only love

I'm a rover, seldom sober
I'm a rover of high degree
And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking
How to gain my love's company

I'm a rover, seldom sober
I'm a rover of high degree
And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking
How to gain my love's company