I Am A Rover- Henry Tidball (Som) 1907 Sharp

I Am A Rover- Henry Tidball (Som) 1907 Sharp

[Single stanza with music from Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/1198)

R. Matteson 2017]


I Am A Rover- sung by Henry Tidball of Wedmore Somerset, January 17, 1907

I am a rover and that's well known
I'm now a bound for to leave my home;
Leaving my love and my friends to mourn,
Farewell my bonny girl till I return.