Silly Wizard The Ramblin Rover

Oh, there re sober men in plenty, And drunkards barely twenty, There are men of over ninety That have never yet kissed a girl. But gie me a ramblin rover, And fae Orkney down to Dover. We will roam the country over And together we ll face the world. There s many that feign enjoyment From merciless employment, Their ambition was this deployment From the minute they left the school. And they save and scrape and ponder While the rest go out and squander, See the world and rove and wander And are happier as a rule. I ve roamed through all the nations Ta en delight in all creation, And I ve tried a wee sensation Where the company, did prove kind. And when partin was no pleasure, I ve drunk another measure To the good friends that were treasure For they always are in our minds.