Biography:
A popular and long-running Canadian-Irish folk group that saw their beginning in the 1960s, The Irish Rovers are particularly well-known for their hit recording of Shel Silverstein's "The Unicorn," although a great many more of their characteristically happy and oft-comical songs remain well-known to this day. In 2010, the band celebrated 45 years as recording artists, with their latest CD, "Gracehill Fair" and filming the DVD/television special "Home in Ireland", shot entirely on-location, throughout the northwest coast of Ireland.
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Other songs:
- All On St Patricks Day
- Black Velvet Band
- Christmas In Killarney
- Dear Little Shamrock Shore
- Drunken Sailor
- Fuck You Im Drunk
- Good King Wenceslas
- Grandma Runover Reindeer
- Heres To The Horses
- I Am Lord Of The Dance
- Mrs Crandalls Boarding House
- Pennywhistle Peddler
- Pigs Cant Swim
- Star Of The County Down
- Sweet Anne
- The Dublin Pub Crawl
- The Irish Rover
- The Jolly Roving Tar
- The Orange And The Green
- The Rake
- The Scotsman
- The Tinker
- The Unicorn
- The Wind That Shakes The Corn
- Up Among The Heather
- Waltzing Matilda
- Wasnt That A Party
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- Whiskey On A Sunday
- Wild Rover
- Winkin Blinkin And Nod
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WILD ROVER Key of G Waltz
[Intro]
G G C C D D G G (last line of chorus)
[Verse]
G G G C C G C D G d e f#
I've been a Wild Rover, for many a year, I've spent all me money on whiskey & beer
G G G C C
But now I'm re-turning with gold in great store
G C D G
And I never will play the Wild Rover no more
[Chorus]
D D D d e f# G G C C
And it's no, nay, never (clap x 4), no, nay, never, no more
G G C C D D G G
Will I play the Wild Rover, No, never, no more
[Verse]
G G G C C G C D G d e f#
I went to an ale house I used to fre-quent & I told the land-lady me money was spent
G G G C C
I asked her for credit, she answered me “nay,
G C D G
Such a custom as yours I can get any day.” . . .
[Chorus]
D D D d e f# G G C C
And it's no, nay, never (clap x 4), no, nay, never, no more
G G C C D D G G
Will I play the Wild Rover, No, never, no more
[Verse]
G G G C C
I brought from my pocket, ten sovereigns bright
G C D G d e f#
And the landlady’s eyes opened wide with de-light
G G G C C
She said “I have whiskeys & wines of the best
G C D G
And the words that I told you were only in jest.”. . .
[Chorus]
D D D d e f# G G C C
And it's no, nay, never (clap x 4), no, nay, never, no more
G G C C D D G G
Will I play the Wild Rover, No, never, no more
[Verse]
G G G C C
“You can keep all your whiskey & your beer likewise too
G C D G d e f#
For not another penny am I spending with you
G G G C C
For the money I’ve got, I’m taking good care
G C D G
And I never will play the Wild Rover no more.”
[Chorus]
D D D d e f# G G
And it's no, nay, never (clap x 4), no, nay, never,
Cchord Gchord Cchord Dchord Gchord
No more, will I play the Wild Rover, no, never, no more.
[Intro]
G G C C D D G G (last line of chorus)
[Verse]
G G G C C G C D G d e f#
I've been a Wild Rover, for many a year, I've spent all me money on whiskey & beer
G G G C C
But now I'm re-turning with gold in great store
G C D G
And I never will play the Wild Rover no more
[Chorus]
D D D d e f# G G C C
And it's no, nay, never (clap x 4), no, nay, never, no more
G G C C D D G G
Will I play the Wild Rover, No, never, no more
[Verse]
G G G C C G C D G d e f#
I went to an ale house I used to fre-quent & I told the land-lady me money was spent
G G G C C
I asked her for credit, she answered me “nay,
G C D G
Such a custom as yours I can get any day.” . . .
[Chorus]
D D D d e f# G G C C
And it's no, nay, never (clap x 4), no, nay, never, no more
G G C C D D G G
Will I play the Wild Rover, No, never, no more
[Verse]
G G G C C
I brought from my pocket, ten sovereigns bright
G C D G d e f#
And the landlady’s eyes opened wide with de-light
G G G C C
She said “I have whiskeys & wines of the best
G C D G
And the words that I told you were only in jest.”. . .
[Chorus]
D D D d e f# G G C C
And it's no, nay, never (clap x 4), no, nay, never, no more
G G C C D D G G
Will I play the Wild Rover, No, never, no more
[Verse]
G G G C C
“You can keep all your whiskey & your beer likewise too
G C D G d e f#
For not another penny am I spending with you
G G G C C
For the money I’ve got, I’m taking good care
G C D G
And I never will play the Wild Rover no more.”
[Chorus]
D D D d e f# G G
And it's no, nay, never (clap x 4), no, nay, never,
Cchord Gchord Cchord Dchord Gchord
No more, will I play the Wild Rover, no, never, no more.
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