I'm a Ranting, Roving Blade

DESCRIPTION: "Whoo! I'm a ranting, roving blade, Of never a thing was I afraid... And I'd be a rich man if my debts was paid." But his tailor's bill ruined him. He has been everywhere; come see where he has been. Truth is scarce. This is a place where many things grow
AUTHOR: Samuel Lover (source: "Lover's Poems")
EARLIEST DATE: 1838 (Lover, "The White Horse of the Peppers")
KEYWORDS: travel money nonsense wordplay
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
LoversIrishSongs, pp. 5-7, "I'm a Ranting, Roving Blade" (1 text)
Roud #6658
NOTES [38 words]: For some reason, this same Roud #6658 is used for "I'll Name the Boy Dennis, Or No Name At All" and "I'm a Ranting, Roving Blade." The only common trait I can see is that the titles of both start with I and and apostrophe. - RBW
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