Wild Rovers, The

DESCRIPTION: "Come all you wild rovers and listen for a while... For love has been the ruin of many a man." The singer warns against love: "When you are married you are not your own man." He describes some of his miseries, and wishes luck to single and married alike
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1940 (Randolph)
KEYWORDS: love marriage wife warning drink
FOUND IN: US(Ro,So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Randolph 673, "Wild Rovers" (1 text)
Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah, #90, "The WIld Rovers" (1 text, 1 tune, with an ending from a Bachelor's Hall song)
Roud #4652
File: R673

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