Karaoké Irish Waltz Medley Stephen Smyth

In Arranmore in the county Galway

One pleasant evenin' in the month of May

I spied a damsel

She was young and handsome

And her beauty fairly took my breath away

She wore no jewels

No costly diamonds

No paint nor powder

No none at all

She wore a bonnet with a ribbon on it

And 'round her shoulders was the Galway shawl

I was born and raised in Boston

A place you all know well

Brought up by honest parents

The truth to you I'll tell

Brought up by honest parents and raised so tenderly

'Till I became a sportin' lad at the age of twenty-three

In a neat little town they called Belfast apprentice to trade I was bound

And many's an hours sweet happiness

I'd spent in this neat little town

A sad misfortune came over me which caused me to stray from the land

Far away from my friends and relations

Betrayed by the black velvet band

Her eyes they shone like diamonds

I thought her the queen of the land

And her hair hung over her shoulders

Tied up with a black velvet band

I've been a wild rover for many's a year

And I've spent all me money on whisky and beer

And now I'm returnin' with gold in great store

And I never will play the Wild Rover no more

And it's no nay never

No nay never no more

Will I play the Wild Rover

No never no more

And it's no nay never

No nay never no more

Will I play the Wild Rover

No never no more