Tom: C
C
Oh, there're sober men aplenty,
C
And drunkards barely twenty,
F
There are men of over ninety
C Dm
That have never yet kissed a girl.
C
But give me a ramblin' rover,
C
And fair Orkney down to Dover.
F C
We will roam the country over
F G C
And together we'll face the world.
Wait
[Verse 2]
C
I've roamed through all the nations
C
Ta'en delight in all creation,
F
And I've tried a wee sensation
C Dm
Where the company, did prove kind.
C
And when partin' was no pleasure,
C
I've drunk another measure
F C
To the good friends that were treasure
F G C
For they always are in our minds.
[Verse 1]
C
Oh, there're sober men aplenty,
C
And drunkards barely twenty,
F
There are men of over ninety
C Dm
That have never yet kissed a girl.
C
But give me a ramblin' rover,
C
And fair Orkney down to Dover.
F C
We will roam the country over
F G C
And together we'll face the world.
wait
[Verse 3]
C
There's many that feign enjoyment
C
From merciless employment,
F
Their ambition was this deployment
C Dm
From the minute they left the school.
C
And they save and scrape and ponder
C
While the rest go out and squander,
F C
See the world and rove and wander
F G C
And are happier as a rule.
[Verse 1]
C
Oh, there're sober men aplenty,
C
And drunkards barely twenty,
F
There are men of over ninety
C Dm
That have never yet kissed a girl.
C
But give me a ramblin' rover,
C
And fair Orkney down to Dover.
F C
We will roam the country over
F G C
And together we'll face the world.
(Instrumental Break)
[Verse 4]
C
If you're bent wi' arth-i-ritis,
C
Your bowels have got colitis,
F
You've gallopin' with bollockitis
C Dm
And you're thinkin' it's time you died,
C
If you been a man of action,
C
Though you're lying there in traction,
F C
You will get some satisfaction
F G C
Thinkin', "Jesus, at least I tried."
[Verse 1]
C
Oh, there're sober men aplenty,
C
And drunkards barely twenty,
F
There are men of over ninety
C Dm
That have never yet kissed a girl.
C
But give me a ramblin' rover,
C
And fair Orkney down to Dover.
F C
We will roam the country over
F G C
And together we'll face the world.
[Verse 1]
C
Oh, there're sober men aplenty,
C
And drunkards barely twenty,
F
There are men of over ninety
C Dm
That have never yet kissed a girl.
C
But give me a ramblin' rover,
C
And fair Orkney down to Dover.
slow down grdually to end of piece
F C
We will roam the country over
F G C
And together we'll face the world.
F C
We will roam the country over
F G C
And together we'll face the world.
