RAMBLING BOYS OF PLEASURE
[Verse 1]
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You rambling boys of pleasure
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Give ear unto these lines I write
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I own I am a rover
C G D C
In rambling I take great delight
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I cast my mind on a handsome girl
C G D C
And often times she does me slight
G C G
My mind is never easy
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Except when my true love, is in my sight.
[Verse 2]
G C G
Down by yon flowery gardens
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Where me and my true love do meet
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I took her in my arms
C G D C
And unto her gave kisses sweet
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She bade me take love easy
C G D C
Just as the leaves fall from the tree
G C G
But I being young and foolish
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With my own true love I did not agree.
[Verse 3]
G C G
And the second time I met my love
C D C G
I thought that her heart was surely mine
C D Em D C
But as the season changes
C G D C
My darling girl has changed her mind
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Gold is the root of evil
C G D C
Although it bears a glistening hue
G C G
Causes many the lad and the lass to part
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Though their hearts like mine be e’er so true.
[Verse 4]
G C G
And I wish I was in Belfast town
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And my true love along with me
C D Em D C
And money in my pocket
C G D C
To keep us in good company
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Liquor to be plenty
C G D C
A flowing glass on every side
G C G
Hard fortune would ne’er daunt me
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For I am young and the world is wide.