D
Chorus: Oh, there are sober men and plenty,
And drunkards barely twenty,
G D
There are men of over ninety,
Em G
Who have never yet kissed a girl.
D
But give me a rambling rover,
Then cart me down to Dover,
G D
We'll rove the country over,
Em A D
And together we'll face the world.
D
1st Verse: Oh, they roamed through all the nations
Taken delight in all creation
G D
And I've tried a wee sensation,
Em G
When the company did prove kind.
D
Then when parting was no pleasure
I drank another measure
G D
To the good friends that we treasure
Em A D
For they'll always be on my mind.
Chorus
D
2nd Verse: There are those who feign enjoyment
From merciless employment
G D
Their mission was deployment
Em G
From the minute they left the school
D
And they save, scrape and plunder
While the rest go out and squander
G D
See the world and rove and wander
Em A D
And they're happier as a fool.
Chorus
D
3rd Verse: If you're bent with arthritis
Your bowels have got colitis
G D
You've a galloping bollockitis
Em G
And your thinking it's time you'd died
D
If you've been a man of action
You're lying there in traction
G D
You can gain some satisfaction
Em A D
Thinkin' "Golly, at least I tried".
Chorus
