Key: C major
Verse 1
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These words were composed
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by Spencer the Rover
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Who had travelled most parts of
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Great Britain and Wales.
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He had been so reduced which
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caused great confusion
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And that was the reason
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he went on the roam.
Verse 2
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Yorkshire near Rotherham,
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he had been on his rambles,
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Being weary of travelling he
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sat himself down.
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At the foot of yonder mountain
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there runs a clear fountain
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With bread and cold water,
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Verse 3
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It tasted more sweeter than the
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gold he had squandered,
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More sweeter than honey and gave
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But the thoughts of his babies
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lamenting their father
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Brought tears to his eyes and
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caused him to lament.
Verse 4
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The night fast approaching
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With woodbine and ivy
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his bed for to make.
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There he dreamt about sighing
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lamenting and crying,
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Go home to your family and ram bling for
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sake.
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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On the fifth of November,
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I've a reason to remember,
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When first he arrived at his
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family's front door.
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They stood so surprised
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when first he arrived
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To behold such a stranger
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once more in their sight.
Verse 6
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His children came around him
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With their prittle- prattling stories,
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to drive care away.
birds of one feather,
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Like bees in one hive contented they'll be,
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Contended they'll be and go rambling
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no more
Learned from the Copper Family of Rottingdean
who sing so kindly the healing power of nature
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