1.
Ge_IG'm a a rover and seeldom sober
GD7_IG'm a rover, o' high degrD7ee;
hG_And when I'm dhrinking, I'm always thGinking
D7G_How to gain_D7my love's compaGny.
2.
_Though the nicht be dark as dungeon
_No' a star to be seen above,
_I will be guided without a stumble
_Into the airms o' my ain true love.
3.
_He steppit up to her bedroom window,
_Kneelin' gently upon a stone;
_He rappit at her bedroom-window
_"Darlin' dear, do you lie alone?"
4.
_She raised her heid on her snaw-white pillow
_Wi' her arms aboot her breast,
_"Wha' is that at my bedroom window
_Disturbin' me at my lang night's rest?"
5.
_"It's only me, your ain true lover,
_Open the door and let me in.
_For I hae come on a lang journey,
_And I'm near drenched to the skin."
6.
_She opened the door wi' the greatest pleasure,
_She opened the door and let him in,
_They baith shook hands and embraced each other
_Until the mornin' they lay as one.
7.
_The cocks were crawin', the birds were whistlin'
_The burns they ran free abune the brae;
_"Remember, lass, I'm a ploughman laddie
_And the fairmer I must obey."
8.
_"Noo, my lass, I must gang and leave thee
_And though the hills they are high above,
_I will climb them wi' greater pleasure
_Since I been in the airms o' my love.