Oh, there's sober men in plenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
That have never yet kissed a girl
But give me a rambling rover
Frae Orkney down to Dover
We will roam the country over
And together we'll face the world
There are many that seek enjoyment
From merciless employment
Their ambition this deployment
From the minute they left the school
And they save and scrape and ponder
For the rest go out and squander
See the world and rove and wander
And they're happier as a rule
Oh, there's sober men in plenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
That have never yet kissed a girl
But give me a rambling rover
Frae Orkney down to Dover
We will roam the country over
And together we'll face the world
I have roamed through all the nations
And delight in all creation
I've enjoyed a wee sensation
When the company did prove kind
And when parting was no pleasure
I drank another measure
To the good friends that we treasure
For they always are on our mind
Oh, there's sober men in plenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
That have never yet kissed a girl
But give me a rambling rover
Frae Orkney down to Dover
We will roam the country over
And together we'll face the world
If you're bent with arthritis
And your bowels have got colitis
You've galloping bollockitis
And you're thinking it's time you'd died
And you've been a man of action
And you're lying there in traction
You can gain some satisfaction
Thinkin', "Jesus, at least I tried"
Oh, there's sober men in plenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
That have never yet kissed a girl
But give me a rambling rover
Frae Orkney down to Dover
We will roam the country over
And together we'll face the world
Oh, there's sober men in plenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
That have never yet kissed a girl
But give me a rambling rover
Frae Orkney down to Dover
We will roam the country over
And together we'll face the world