This tune was composed
by Spencer the Rover
This valiant man has ever left home
And he'd been much reduced
and caused great confusion
That was the reason he
started to roam
Between Yorkshire and Rotterdam
he'd been on the ramble
Weary of travelling he sat down to rest
By the foot of Yard Mountain
lies a clear -flowing fountain
With bread and fresh water
himself did refresh
With the night -fast approaching
to the woods he resorted
With wood, vine,
and ivy his bed for to make
But he dreamt of outside
lamenting and crying
Go home to your family
and rambling forth
It was the 5th of November,
a day to remember
When first he came home
to his family and friends
They did stand so astounded,
surprised and dumbfounded
To see such a stranger again in their sight
His children gathered round him
with their prittled, prattling stories
With their prittled, prattling stories
to drive care away
Now he's as happy as those
with a thousand riches
Content he'll remain and not ramble away
This tune was composed by
Spencer the Rover
This valiant man has ever left home
And he'd been much reduced
and caused great confusion
That was the reason he started to roam .