Tono: F#m
Introducción: D Em
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This tune was composed by Spencer the Rover.
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As valiant a man as ever left home.
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And he had been much reduced,
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Which caused great confusion.
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And that was the reason he started to roam.
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In Yorkshire near Rotherham, he had been on the ramble.
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Weary of traveling, he sat down to rest.
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By the foot of yon' mountain,
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Lays a clear flowing fountain.
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With bread and cold water he himself did refresh.
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With the night fast approaching, to the woods he resorted.
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With woodbine and ivy, his bed for to make.
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But he dreamt about sighing,
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Lamenting and crying.
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Go home to your family and rambling forsake.
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'Twas the fifth day of November, I've reason to remember.
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When first he arrived home to his family and friends.
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And they did stand so astounded
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Surprised and dumbfounded
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To see such a stranger once more in their sight.
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And his children come around him with their prittle prattling stories.
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With their prittle prattling stories to drive care away.
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And he's as happy as those,
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As have thousands of riches.
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Contented he'll remain and not ramble away.
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This tune was composed by Spencer the Rover,
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As valiant a man as ever left home.
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And he had been much reduced,
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Which caused great confusion.
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And that was the reason he started to roam.