[00:00.947]Oh, there're sober men in plenty,
[00:03.461]And drunkards barely twenty,
[00:05.700]There are men of over ninety
[00:08.451]That have never yet kissed a girl.
[00:10.703]But gie me a ramblin' rover,
[00:13.457]And fae Orkney down to
[00:14.955]Dover. We will roam the country over
[00:17.959]And together we'll face the world.
[00:20.459]There's many that feign enjoyment
[00:22.962]From merciless employment,
[00:25.457]Their ambition was this deployment
[00:27.453]From the minute they left the school.
[00:29.951]And they save and scrape and ponder
[00:32.445]While the rest go out and squander,
[00:34.955]See the world and rove and wander
[00:36.954]And are happier as a rule.
[00:39.199]Oh, there're sober men in plenty,
[00:41.949]And drunkards barely twenty,
[00:44.202]There are men of over ninety
[00:46.206]That have never yet kissed a girl.
[00:48.708]But gie me a ramblin' rover,
[00:51.198]And fae Orkney down toDover.
[00:53.465]We will roam the country over
[00:55.704]And together we'll face the world.
[00:58.455]I've roamed through all the nations
[01:00.466]Ta'en delight in all creation,
[01:02.716]And I've tried a wee sensation
[01:04.957]Where the company, did prove kind.
[01:06.951]And when partin' was no pleasure,
[01:09.450]I've drunk another measure
[01:11.712]To the good friends that were treasure
[01:13.954]For they always are in our minds.
[01:16.202]Oh, there're sober men in plenty,
[01:18.715]And drunkards barely twenty,
[01:20.952]There are men of over ninety
[01:23.208]That have never yet kissed a girl.
[01:25.449]But gie me a ramblin' rover,
[01:27.945]And fae Orkney down toDover.
[01:30.195]We will roam the country over
[01:32.458]And together we'll face the world.
[01:34.700]If you're bent wi' arth-i-ritis,
[01:37.211]Your bowels have got colitis,
[01:39.465]You've gallopin' with bollockitis
[01:41.461]And you're thinkin' it's time you died,
[01:43.959]If you been a man of action,
[01:45.964]Though you're lying there in traction,
[01:48.202]You will get some satisfaction
[01:50.440]Thinkin', "Jesus, at least I tried."
[01:52.702]Oh, there're sober men in plenty,
[01:55.194]And drunkards barely twenty,
[01:57.204]There are men of over ninety
[01:59.454]That have never yet kissed a girl.
[02:01.693]But gie me a ramblin' rover,
[02:03.947]And fae Orkney down toDover.
[02:06.212]We will roam the country over
[02:08.461]And together we'll face the world.
[02:11.202]Oh, there're sober men in plenty,
[02:12.948]And drunkards barely twenty,
[02:15.199]There are men of over ninety
[02:17.192]That have never yet kissed a girl.
[02:19.705]But gie me a ramblin' rover,
[02:21.952]And fae Orkney down toDover.
[02:23.965]We will roam the country over
[02:26.216]And together we'll face the world.