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Though the night is dark as dungeon |
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Not a star to be seen above |
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I will be guided without a stumble |
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Into the arms of me only love |
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I went up to her bedroom window |
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Kneelin' gently upon a stone |
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I rapped on her bedroom window"My darlin' dear, do you lie alone?" |
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For I'm a rover, seldom sober |
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I'm a rover of high degree |
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When I'm drinking, |
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I'm always thinking |
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How to gain my love's company |
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She raised her head from her feather pillow |
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With her arms up around her breasts |
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Saying, "Who's at my bedroom windowDisturbin' me and me long night's rest?""It's only me, your own true loverOpen the door and please let me inFor I have come on a long night's journeyAnd I'm near drenched to the skin" |
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For I'm a rover, seldom sober |
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I'm a rover of high degree |
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When I'm drinking, |
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I'm always thinking |
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How to gain my love's company |
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She opened the door with the greatest pleasure |
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She opened the door and she let me in |
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We both shook hands and embraced each other' |
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Til the morning we lay as one |
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Well now, me love, |
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I must go and leave you |
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Though the mountains be high above |
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Well I will climb them with greater pleasure |
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Now that I've been with me only love |
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For I'm a rover, seldom sober |
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I'm a rover of high degree |
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When I'm drinking, |
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I'm always thinking |
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How to gain my love's company |
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For I'm a rover, seldom sober |
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I'm a rover of high degree |
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When I'm drinking, |
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I'm always thinking |
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How to gain my love's company |
