The Dubliners – Ramblin Rover (Ukulele)

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Chorus

              D
Oh, there are sober men and plenty,

And drunkards barely twenty,

          G           D
There are men of over ninety,

         Em                 G
Who have never yet kissed a girl.

         D
But give me a rambling rover,

Then cart me down to Dover,

      G                D
We'll rove the country over,

       Em          A        D
And together we'll face the world.

verse 1:

         D
Oh, they roamed through all the nations

Taken delight in all creation

          G             D
And I've tried a wee sensation,

         Em                 G
When the company did prove kind.

          D
Then when parting was no pleasure

I drank another measure

       G                    D
To the good friends that we treasure

            Em        A     D
For they'll always be on my mind.

Chorus

              D
Oh, there are sober men and plenty,

And drunkards barely twenty,

          G           D
There are men of over ninety,

         Em                 G
Who have never yet kissed a girl.

         D
But give me a rambling rover,

Then cart me down to Dover,

      G                D
We'll rove the country over,

       Em          A        D
And together we'll face the world.

verse 2:

          D
There are those who feign enjoyment

From merciless employment

      G           D
Their mission was deployment

         Em                 G
From the minute they left the school

               D
And they save, scrape and plunder

While the rest go out and squander

       G           D
See the world and rove and wander

    Em          A        D
And they're happier as a fool.

Chorus

              D
Oh, there are sober men and plenty,

And drunkards barely twenty,

          G           D
There are men of over ninety,

         Em                 G
Who have never yet kissed a girl.

         D
But give me a rambling rover,

Then cart me down to Dover,

      G                D
We'll rove the country over,

       Em          A        D
And together we'll face the world.

verse 3:

          D
If you're bent with arthritis

Your bowels have got colitis

          G              D
You've a galloping bollockitis      

         Em                       G
And your thinking it's time you'd died

          D
If you've been a man of action

You're lying there in traction

        G              D
You can gain some satisfaction

          Em        A       D
Thinkin' "Golly, at least I tried".

Chorus

              D
Oh, there are sober men and plenty,

And drunkards barely twenty,

          G           D
There are men of over ninety,

         Em                 G
Who have never yet kissed a girl.

         D
But give me a rambling rover,

Then cart me down to Dover,

      G                D
We'll rove the country over,

       Em          A        D
And together we'll face the world.