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Lyrics to 'Go no more a roving'?

posted 10 years ago by elgoldencow
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Does anybody know the lyrics to the song Lancaster Dodd sings at the dinner party?
I've figured out most of it but I can't tell what he says in the very last verse

I'll go no more a roving
with you, fair maid,
A-roving, a-roving,
since roving's been my ru-i-n,
I'll go no more a-roving
with you, fair maid

Her eyes are blue, her cheeks are red,
Mark well what I do say;
Her eyes are blue, her cheeks are red,
A wealth of hair is on her head,

I'll go no more a roving
with you, fair maid,
A-roving, a-roving,
a roving's been my ru-i-n,
I'll go no more a-roving
with you, fair maid

I put my arm around her waist,
Mark well what I do say;
I put my arm around her waist,
She said "Young man, you're in some haste."

I put that girl upon my knee,
mark well what I do say,
I put that girl upon my knee,
She said "Young man, you're rather free."

She swore that she'd be good to me,
Mark well what I do say,
She swore that she'd be good to me,
she spent my money fast and free

???????

It's driving me crazy, can anybody figure out what he's saying?

[–] Ambrosia-I 10 years ago

Have you got the DVD? If you have, the hard-of-hearing subtitles will probably have all the lyrics. Worth a try.

[–] elgoldencow 10 years ago

Ahh yes, somehow the most simple solution eluded me. Thanks

The sailor was a captain
he was a mighty dog
Served out to all the company
a double sheriff's grog

[–] Ambrosia-I 10 years ago

A double sheriff's grog doesn't make much sense. I think the subtitler's misheard it and it should be "a double share of grog". See the second verse of this sea shanty...

http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/sea-shanty/Ben_Backstay.htm

Quite an apt song considering Dodd and Freddie's love of booze and women! Great scene, there's such joy in PSH's performance.

[–] irishaspaddyspig 10 years ago

I thought Dodd was improvising part of it.

"a malcontent who knows how to spell"

[–] wendyjoy 10 years ago

We used to sing this in school, I believe it was a sailor's song, when we sang it the first verse was this:

In Amsterdam there lived a maid
mark well what I do say
in Amsterdam there lived a maid
and she was mistress of her trade

I'll go no more a roving with you fair maid
A roving a roving since roving's been my ru-i-in
I'll go no more a roving with you fair maid.

[–] nephihaha 9 years ago

It's Byron

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