I am a Rover- Mary Anne Cole (Som) 1906 Sharp
[From Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/968)
R. Matteson 2017]
I am a Rover- sung by Mary Anne Cole of Cannington, Somerset on 7 August, 1906. Collected by Cecil J. Sharp.
I am a rover and that's well known
I'm just about for to leave my home
Leaving my home and my friends to mourn
Fare well bonny girl till I do return.