Folk & Traditional Song Lyrics www.traditionalmusic.co.uk I Am a Rover 
I Am a Rover 

1. 	She drew a chair, and bade ne sit down, And soon she'd told me her heart I'd won: She turned her head as I took my leave My bonny lass, for me don't grieve. 

cho: I am a rover, and that's well known: I am a-bound for to leave my home; Leaving ny friends and my dear to mourn; My bonny lass, till I return. 

2. 	I sat me down for to write a song, I wrote it wide and I wrote it long, At every line I shed a tear, At every word, I cried "My dear!" 

3. 	Oh, am I bound or am I free? Oh, am I bound for to marry thee? A married life you soon shall see, A contented mind, no jealousy. 

4. 	As I rode over yon dreary moor, Ere I lost sight of my true love's door, My legs were lame and my eyes were blind I'd left my bonny lass behind. 

From the Watersons; their source, Frank Kidson, Traditional Tunes. JB