"There are sober men aplenty,
and drunkards barely twenty,
There are men of over ninety
that have never yet kissed a girl;
Give me a ramblin' rover
frae Orkney down to Dover,
And we'll roam the country over,
and together we'll face the world.

There's many that feign enjoyment,
have merciless employment,
Their ambition was deployment
from the minute they left the school;
They save and scrape and ponder,
the rest go out and squander,
See the world and rove and wander,
and they're happier as a rule.

There are sober men aplenty,
and drunkards barely twenty,
There are men of over ninety
that have never yet kissed a girl;
Give me a ramblin' rover
frae Orkney down to Dover,
And we'll roam the country over,
and together we'll face the world.

I've been to all the nations,
delight in all creations,
And enjoyed wee sensations
when the company did prove kind;
When parting was no pleasure
I drank another measure,
To the friends that we all treasure
for they're always in our minds.

There are sober men aplenty,
and drunkards barely twenty,
There are men of over ninety
that have never yet kissed a girl;
Give me a ramblin' rover
frae Orkney down to Dover,
And we'll roam the country over,
and together we'll face the world.

For the lassies young and sprightly,
them all I courted nightly,
Where staying wasn't likely
for I ramble up and down;
For life it will be hearty,
I'll dance at every party,
Meet ramblin' Dan McCarthy
and we'll all go on the town!

There are sober men aplenty,
and drunkards barely twenty,
There are men of over ninety
that have never yet kissed a girl;
Give me a ramblin' rover
frae Orkney down to Dover,
And we'll roam the country over,
and together we'll face the world.

If you're bent wi' arthritis,
your bowels have got colitis,
You've a gallopin' bollockitis
till you're thinkin' it's time to die;
You been a man of action,
you're lying there in traction,
You may gain some satisfaction
when you're thinking at least you tried.



There are sober men aplenty,
and drunkards barely twenty,
There are men of over ninety
that have never yet kissed a girl;
Give me a ramblin' rover
frae Orkney down to Dover,
And we'll roam the country over,
and together we'll face the world.

There are sober men aplenty,
and drunkards barely twenty,
There are men of over ninety
that have never yet kissed a girl;
Give me a ramblin' rover
frae Orkney down to Dover,
And we'll roam the country over,
and together we'll face the world."

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