I'm A Rover Lyrics - Turn - Great Big Sea

Though the night is dark as dungeon 

Not a star to be seen above 

I will be guided without a stumble 

Into the arms of my only love 

I went up to her bedroom window 

Kneelin' gently upon a stone 

I rapped on her bedroom window 

"My darlin' dear, do you lie alone?" 

For I'm a rover, seldom sober 

I'm a rover of high degree 

When I'm drinking, I'm always thinking 

How to gain my love's company 

She raised her head from her feather pillow 

Waived her arms up around her breasts 

Saying, "Who's at my bedroom window 

Disturbin' me at long night's rest?" 

"It's only me, your own true lover 

Open the door and please let me in 

I have come on a long night's journey 

And I'm near drenched to the skin" 

For I'm a rover, seldom sober 

I'm a rover of high degree 

When I'm drinking, I'm always thinking 

How to gain my love's company 

She opened the door with the greatest pleasure 

She opened the door and she let me in 

We both shook hands and embraced each other 

'Til the morning we lay as one 

Well now, my love, I must go and leave you 

Though the mountains be high above 

Well I will climb them with greater pleasure 

Now that I've been with me only love 

For I'm a rover, seldom sober 

I'm a rover of high degree 

When I'm drinking, I'm always thinking 

How to gain my love's company 

For I'm a rover, seldom sober 

I'm a rover of high degree 

When I'm drinking, I'm always thinking 

How to gain my love's company