I've been a folksinger for bloody eight year And I sing half the night for the fun and free beer But now that I'm older I know the score And I never will sing 'The Wild Rover' no more And it's no nay never, no nay never no more Will I play 'The Wild Rover', nay never no more I know it 's a song that pleases the folk But I have to admit that it just makes me choke A night with a tooth-ache is more fun to me Than the singing of one verse, never mind two or three And it's no nay never, no nay never no more Will I play 'The Wild Rover', nay never no more This song is requested again and again If I'll hear it once more it will drive me insane The words get so stupid, it just makes me wild And the tune could be learned by a two year old child And it's no nay never, no nay never no more Will I play 'The Wild Rover', nay never no more So I go to a folkclub, I take a shotgun along And I shoot the first bastard who askes for this song The hangman will say as I fall through the floor: "You never will sing 'The Wild Rover' no more!" And it's no nay never, no nay never no more Will I play 'The Wild Rover', nay never no more