As sung on the following albums: Seven Drunken Nights; 
The Best of The Dubliners

There`s ne`er a nicht I`m gane to ramble, there`s ne`er 
a nicht I`m gane to roam 
There`s ne`er a nicht I`m gane to ramble, intae the 
erms of me ain true love 

I'm a rover, seldom sober, I'm a rover of high degree
It's when I'm drinkin' I'm always thinkin' how to gain 
my love's company

Though the nicht be as dark as dungeon, not a star can 
be seen above
I will be guided without a stumble, intae the erms of 
my ane true love

I'm a rover, seldom sober, I'm a rover of high degree
It's when I'm drinkin' I'm always thinkin' how to gain 
my love's company

He stepped up tae her bedroom winday, kneeling gently 
upon a staine
He whispers through her bedroom winday, my darling dear 
do you lie alaine

I'm a rover, seldom sober, I'm a rover of high degree
It's when I'm drinkin' I'm always thinkin' how to gain 
my love's company

She raised her head from her down soft pillow, wi` her 
Says: ”Why is that that my bedroom winday is `sterbing 
me at my long nicht`s rest?”

I'm a rover, seldom sober, I'm a rover of high degree
It's when I'm drinkin' I'm always thinkin' how to gain 
my love's company

Says I: ”My love it's I thy true lover, open the door 
and let me in
For I have come on a long nights journey more than near 
drenched to my skin”

I'm a rover, seldom sober, I'm a rover of high degree
It's when I'm drinkin' I'm always thinkin' how to gain 
my love's company

She opened the door wi` the greatest pleasure, she 
opened the door and she let him in
They both shook hands and embraced each other, until 
the morning they lay as one

I'm a rover, seldom sober, I'm a rover of high degree
It's when I'm drinkin' I'm always thinkin' how to gain 
my love's company

Says I: My love I must go and leave you, to climb the 
hills they are far above
But I will climb wi` the greatest pleasure, since I've 
been in the arms of my love