The Wild Rover

Bill Palmer

I've been a musician for many a year,

I've hustled my share of both whiskey and beer.

There's one Irish tune nearly drove me insane;

So I never will play "The Wild Rover" again!

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And it's no nay never, no nay never no more.

Will I play "The Wild Rover" no more.

I've heard it by Germans; I've heard it by Turks;

I've heard it by all kinds of well meaning jerks,

By great hulking cowboys with rodeo belts

And even by Wogs masquerading as Celts.

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They play it at concerts, they play it in bars,

They play it on banjos and classic guitars;

On great synthesizers and bagpipes to boot,

And even upon Polynesian nose flutes.

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Last night in a dream that was clear as a bell,

I died and I wound up in folk singers hell .

Old Scratch and his demons were cackling with glee,

"You'll play 'The Wild Rover' for eternity."

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