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39 lines
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I'm a rover and seldom sober \\
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I'm a rover, o' high degree; \\
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And when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking \\
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How to gain my love's company. \\
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Though the night be dark as dungeon \\
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No' a star to be seen above, \\
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I will be guided without a stumble \\
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Into the arms o' my ain true love. \\
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He steppit up to her bedroom window, \\
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Kneelin' gently upon a stone; \\
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He rappit at her bedroom-window \\
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"Darlin' dear, do you lie alone?" \\
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She raised her head on her snow-white pillow \\
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Wi' her arms aboot her breast, \\
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"Wha' is that at my bedroom window \\
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Disturbin' me at my long night's rest?" \\
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"It's only me, your ain true lover, \\
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Open the door and let me in. \\
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For I have come on a long journey, \\
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And I'm near drenched to the skin." \\
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She opened the door wi' the greatest pleasure, \\
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She opened the door and let him in, \\
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They baith shook hands and embraced each other \\
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Until the mornin' they lay as one. \\
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The cocks were crawin', the birds were whistlin' \\
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The burns they ran free abune the brae; \\
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"Remember, lass, I'm a ploughman laddie \\
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And the farmer I must obey." \\
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"Noo, my lass, I must gang and leave thee \\
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And though the hills they are high above, \\
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I will climb them wi' greater pleasure \\
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Since I been in the arms o' my love. \\
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