Oh, there's sober men and plenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
Who Have never yet kissed a girl
But give me a rambling rover
From Orkney down to Dover
We'll roam the country over
And together we'll face the world

There's many that find enjoyment
From merciless employment
Their ambition was this deployment
From the minute they left the school
They save and scrape and ponder
While the rest go out and squander
See the world and rove and wander
And they're happier as a rule

Oh, there's sober men and plenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
Who have never yet kissed a girl
But give me a rambling rover
From Orkney down to Dover
We'll roam the country over
And together we'll face the world

I've roamed through all the nations
In light of all creations
I've tried a wee sensation
Where the company, did prove kind
And when partin' was no pleasure
I've drunk another measure
For the good friends that we treasure
For they always on me mind

Oh, there's sober men and plenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
Who have never yet kissed a girl
But give me a rambling rover
From Orkney down to Dover
We will roam the country over
And together we'll face the world

If you're bent with arthiritis
Your bowels have got Colitis
You've galloping bollockitis
And you're thinking it's time you died
You've been a man of action
Though you're lying there in traction
You may get some satisfaction
Thinking, "Jesus, at least I tried."

There's sober men and plenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
Who have never yet kissed a girl
But give me a rambling rover
From Orkney down to Dover
We will roam the country over
And together we'll face the world

There's sober men aplenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
That 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

Yes We'll roam the country over
And together we'll face the world

Chanson de Nathan Carter
paroles de Andy M Stewart