Oh, there're sober men and plenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
That have never yet kissed a girl
But give me a ramblin' rover
From Orkney down to Dover
We will roam the country over
And together we'll face the world
There are those who feign enjoyment
From merciless employment
Their ambition is deployment
From the minute they left the school
And they save and scrape and ponder
While the rest go out and squander
See the world and rove and wander
And they're happier as a rule
There are sober men and plenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
That have never yet kissed a girl
But give me a ramblin' rover
From Orkney down to Dover
We will roam the country over
And together we'll face the world
I have roamed through all the nations
Took delight in all creation
I've enjoyed a wee sensation
Where the company, it was kind
Though when partin' was no pleasure
I've drunk another measure
To the good friends that we treasure
For they always are on our mind
There are sober men and plenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
That have never yet kissed a girl
But give me a ramblin' rover
From Orkney down to Dover
We will roam the country over
And together we'll face the world
If you're bent wi' arthiritis
And your bowels have got colitis
You've gallopin' malackitis
And you're thinkin' it's time you died
If you been a man o' action
Though you're lying there in traction
You may gain some satisfaction
Thinkin', "Jesus, at least I tried."
There are sober men and plenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
That have never yet kissed a girl
But give me a ramblin' rover
From Orkney down to Dover
We will roam the country over
And together we'll face the world
There are sober men and plenty
And drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety
That have never yet kissed a girl
But give me a ramblin' rover
From Orkney down to Dover
We will roam the country over
And together we'll face the world