I am a Rover- Charles Shears (Wilt) 1909 Gardiner
[Single stanza with music from George Gardiner Manuscript Collection (GG/1/21/1429)
R. Matteson 2017]
I am a Rover- sung by Charles Shears Salisbury Workhouse, Wiltshire on August 21, 1909.
I am a rover, and that's well known,
I just a- going for to leave my home;
Leaving my friends for to sigh and mourn,
Fare you well, my bonny girl till I return.