Spencer the Rover

Lyrics

[Verse 1] This tune was composed By Spencer the rover As valiant a man As ever left home And he'd been much reduced And caused great confusion And that was the reason He started to roam [Verse 2] `Tween Yorkshire and Rotterdam He's been on the ramble Weary of traveling He sat down to rest By the foot of yon mountain Lies a clear flowing fountain With bread and fresh water Himself did refresh [Verse 3] With the night fast approaching To the woods he resorted With woodbinе and ivy His bed for to make But he drеamt of outside Lamenting and crying Go home to your family And rambling forsake [Verse 4] 'Twas the fifth of November A day to remember When first he came home To his family and friends They did stand so astounded Surprised and dumbfounded To see such a stranger Again in their sight [Verse 5] His children gathered `round him With their prittle-prattling stories With their prittle-prattling stories To drive care away Now he's as happy as those With a thousand riches Content he'll remain And not ramble away [Verse 6] This tune was composed By Spencer the rover As valiant a man As ever left home And he'd been much reduced And caused great confusion And that was the reason He started to roam