©Andy M. Stewart

Chorus:	
	There's sober men a-plenty, and drunkards barely twenty
	There are men of over ninety who have never yet kissed a girl
	But give me a ramblin' rover from Orkney down to Dover
	We will roam the country over and together we'll face the world

There're those who claim enjoyment from merciless employment
	Their ambition was this deployment from the day that they left the school
They save and scrape and squander, while the rest go out and ponder
	Roam the world and rove and wander, and they're happier as a rule

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Well I've roamed through all the nations, taken delight in recreation
	And a tried a wee sensation when the company did prove kind
But when parting was no pleasure, I drunk another measure
	To the good friends that I treasure, for they always are on my mind

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When your bones have got arthritis and your bowels have got colitis
	You've got galloping "malochitis" and you're thinking it's time you died
You've been a man of action, but you're lying there in traction
	You may take some satisfaction thinking "Jaysus, at least I tried!"

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