Silly Wizard--Lyrics Question
Jacob Mattison
Jennifer Deery Wray wrote:
>
> Does anyone know the full lyrics to the song Rambling Rover by Silly
> Wizard? It's on the Wizardry Live cd. I'm particularly curious about the
> line thats often repeated: "From .. to Dover". At least I think it has
> those words in it! I'm not sure what's being said between them.
>
> Please e-mail any response to ref...@ix.netcom.com. I don't check this
> account or this newsgroup to often.
>
> --Jennifer
I imagine you'll get a number of responses- but here goes:
RAMBLIN` ROVER
(Andy M. Stewart)
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,
Frae Orkney down to Dover.
We will roam the country over
And together we'll face the world.
There's many that feign enjoyment
From merciless employment,
Their ambition was this 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 are happier as a rule.
I've roamed through all the nations
In delight of all creations,
And enjoyed a wee sensation
Where the company, it was kind.
And when barkin' was no pleasure,
I've drunk another measure
To the good friends that were treasure
For they always around were mine.
If you're bent wi' arthiritis,
Your bowels have got Colitis,
You're gallopin' with balacitis
And you're thinkin' it's time you died,
If you been a man o' action,
Though you're lying there in traction,
You will get some satisfaction
Thinkin', "Jesus, at least I tried."
--
Jacob Mattison matt...@dolphin.upenn.edu
Department of Fine Arts University of Pennsylvania
perhaps some chocolate chip cookies and milk
Jennifer Deery Wray
Chuck Boyer
Jacob Mattison wrote in message <354BE5...@dolphin.upenn.edu>...
<snipped>
>I imagine you'll get a number of responses- but here goes:
>
>RAMBLIN` ROVER
>(Andy M. Stewart)
>
>Oh, there're sober men and plenty,
>And when barkin' was no pleasure,
>I've drunk another measure
>...
I always heard that line as "And when parting was no pleasure".
Thanks for posting.
- Chuck
GreeneKing
Yes those are the lyrics EXCEPT:
it's "partin'" not "barkin'"
and "bollockitis" not "balacitis". Bollocks = testicles.
It's in the Andy M Stewart songbook.
DJ
Lee Gold
Orkney = the Orkney islands in the north of Britain
Dover = down in the south of Britain
Abby Sale
On Sun, 3 May 1998 07:33:10 -0400, "Chuck Boyer" <cab...@monumental.com>
wrote:
>>
>>RAMBLIN` ROVER
>>Oh, there're sober men and plenty,
><snipped>
>
>>And when barkin' was no pleasure,
>>I've drunk another measure
>>...
>
>I always heard that line as "And when parting was no pleasure".
>
Come right to it, there are a number of words & phrases that don't seem
quite right. Is there a definative version?
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---
I am Abby Sale - abby...@orlinter.com (That's in Orlando)
Abby Sale
Then I wrote this morning:
>Come right to it, there are a number of words & phrases that don't seem
>quite right. Is there a definative version?
and then I realized I have them myself. Only very minor other
differences. Actually, the version in DT is pretty good if the sender was
going by the record only & hadn't seen the songbook.
I sent the suggestion to amend up to DT.
GreeneKing
Thanks Abby..... if you want to be REALLY perfectly correct it's "you've
gallopin' bollockitis" rather than "you're galloping with...." Kinda like
galloping consumption. I think it just means "comes on quickly and hits hard".
ghost
In article <199805042349...@ladder01.news.aol.com> green...@aol.com (GreeneKing) writes:
+>Thanks Abby..... if you want to be REALLY perfectly correct it's "you've
+>gallopin' bollockitis" rather than "you're galloping with...." Kinda like
+>galloping consumption. I think it just means "comes on quickly and hits hard".
In the bollocks. Not where consumption hits, I don't think.