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I’m a Rover that’s my name
I’m gonna leave my native land
Leave my dear old girl behind
What I’m told your heart was mine

she lies folded in my arms
I thought she was ten thousand charms
With thoughtful eyes and a kiss so sweet
sayin we’ll get married next time we meet

As he went sailing o’er the sea
He took his comfort and his ease
for writing letters to his dear
but not one word from her did hear

As he rode up to her father’s hall
and loudly for his love did call
Her father made him this reply
my daughter she’s married to a secret boy

I ask again what this did mean
Oh he answered me all in her name
My daughter she’s married to a richer class
so you can seek for another lass











Oh curse to the gold and the silver too
it’s curse to the girl who once was true
that will her own true promise break
and marry another for a richer state

Since I have lost my golden crown
I’ll sail the ocean round and round
I’ll sail the seas till the day I die
I’ll slip away for the bullets fly

The other day as I went by
I thought I heard the angels cry
but only this that I did see
she was a weeping there for me

O willy willy stay at home
for loves don’t go the towards the raging foam
for loves don’t go where the bullet’s fly
for there’s many a richer lad than I

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from Once More A​-​Lumb'ring Go, released November 19, 2022

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a collection of forgotten folk songs from Michigan and Great Lakes region, re-imagined in a contemporary style.

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