I am a Rover- Daniel Newman (Hamp) 1907 Gardiner

I am a Rover- Daniel Newman (Hamp) 1907 Gardiner

[Single stanza with music from George Gardiner Manuscript Collection (GG/1/15/921)

R. Matteson 2017]


I am a Rover- sung by Daniel Newman of Axford, Hampshire in September, 1907.

I am a rover, and that's well known,
I just a-going to leave my home;
Leaving my friends for to sit here and  mourn,
Fare you well, my Polly dear, till I return.