The Rover- William Pittaway (Oxford) 1923 Sharp
[Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/4950)
R. Matteson 2017]
The Rover- Sung by William Pittaway of Oxfordshire May 19, 1923
I am a rover and that's well known,
I'm just a-going for to leave my home;
To leave my friends my dear to mourn;
And my bonny lover, till I return.