{"id":3106,"date":"2015-01-08T21:32:45","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T01:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=3106"},"modified":"2016-05-06T06:59:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T10:59:41","slug":"the-wild-rover","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=3106","title":{"rendered":"The Wild Rover"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is one of the archetypal Irish drinking songs that in fact is English in origin; Singer\/instrumentalist\/folk historian Brian Peters<\/a>\u00a0has found it dating to around the 1670s\/80s in England where it lacked a chorus and had some thirty verses. This song\u00a0has branched its popularity from the public house to ship board to sports clubs to stage and television; the chorus and the shorter version of the song we all know seems to have developed in the late 19th century. \u00a0With each culture there is a claim of origin for popular folk songs that usually fold with proper research… a fairly recent comment is that it was originally a German song but this has been fairly well dashed and what is heard in German is simply a translation of the popular song for their audiences.\u00a0 It is often parodied and within the \u201cplastic paddy\u201d genre it has become an anthem and degenerated a bit.<\/p>\n

We present an example in this vein\u2026 The traditional four claps after the first line of the chorus had given way to stomping the same, then various toasts\/oaths such as \u201cGod Bless The Pope\u201d, or \u201cTo Hell With The Queen\u201d\u2026 but someone, somewhere, began to shout such things as \u201cRise Up Yer Kilt\u201d and, more famously, \u2018Show Us Yer Tits\u201d.\u00a0 This last one became common within our Monday night crowd during the later 90s when one evening a lovely couple all attired in red came for their anniversary dinner at the Gris.\u00a0 Afterwards they seated themselves in the front of the band (Cliff, Paul, and Joseph in those days), happily singing along and sucking down their booze.\u00a0 When this song began, the husband began to whisper something in the ear of his wife, she giggles a lot, and come the third time the chorus came around the woman dropped her sweater, yanked down her red tank top, and wiggled a pair of delectable breasts at Joseph within four feet of his face!\u00a0 The band cracked up, and a tradition was born!\u00a0 We don\u2019t sing the song every week, but when we do cries of \u201cshow us yer tits!\u201d are inevitable and often many a lovely lady will do just that, sometimes competing for who does it the most often or shows them for the longest moments.\u00a0 We always call for cameras and other recording devices to be switched off and put away so that no one will be compromised later on, and there are some nights that it simply isn\u2019t right to sing, so no promises.<\/p>\n

\"show-me-your-tits\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve been a wild rover for many a year
\nAnd I spent all my money on titties* and beer,
\nAnd now I’m returning with gold in great store
\nAnd I never will play the wild rover no more.<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nAnd it’s no, nay, never, (! ! ! !)**
\nNo nay never no more,
\nWill I play the wild rover
\nNo never no more!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I went to an ale-house I used to frequent
\nAnd I told the landlady my money was spent.
\nI asked her for credit, she answered me “nay
\nSuch a custom as yours I could have any day.”<\/p>\n

Chorus:<\/p>\n

I took from my pocket ten sovereigns*** bright
\nAnd the landlady’s eyes opened wide with delight.
\nShe said “I have whiskey and wines of the best
\nAnd the words that I spoke sure were only in jest.”<\/p>\n

Chorus:<\/p>\n

I’ll go home to my parents, confess what I’ve done
\nAnd I’ll ask them to pardon their prodigal son.****
\nAnd if they caress (forgive) me as ofttimes before
\nThen I never will play the wild rover no more.<\/p>\n

Chorus 2x
\n*whiskey<\/p>\n

** clap, clap, clap, clap, or \u201cshow us yer tits\u201d, or such<\/p>\n

*** a British mint gold coin equal to one pound sterling, more or less.<\/p>\n

**** reference to The New Testament, Luke 15: 11-32<\/p>\n

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