Don't You Go A Roving

by Joe Harvey And The Hardy Perennials

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When I was a young boy, my mother said to me
Don't you go a roving upon the open sea
But I did not listen to those words she said to me
And I went a roving upon the open sea

The squall and the wail and the wind came down
Press gang roaming through the town
Had my sorrow for to drown and I woke up on the waves boys

Bound for the East bound for the West
I was bound to the girl that I loved best
But she cursed me, 'Like all the rest'
And a farewell to my Nancy

When I was a young boy, my mother said to me
Don't you go a roving upon the open sea

Newfoundland, old Cairo,
scarlet fever where'er I go
Mutiny and the wind did blow
and I'm on the whalebone wind

We cam in a ragged craft
and the Navy chased us fore and aft
The wild sea nearly drove me daft,
but a gold heart for my Nancy

When I was a young boy, my mother said to me
Don't you go a roving upon the open sea

But she got married long ago
To a local devil, don;t you know
In the Davey dark going to lay me low
For I follow the sea, boys

But she got married long ago
To a local devil, don;t you know
In the Davey dark going to lay me low
For I follow the sea, boys

When I was a young boy, my mother said to me
Don't you go a roving upon the open sea
But I did not listen to those words she said to me
And I went a roving upon the open sea

And he's gone a roving and he's gone a roving
And he's gone a roving on the tide

And he's gone a roving and he's gone a roving
And he's gone a roving on the tide


And he's gone a roving and he's gone a roving
And he's gone a roving on the tide...

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released April 15, 2024
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Joe Harvey And The Hardy Perennials England, UK

The Hardy Perennials are a four-piece folk band based in Essex, headed by songwriter Joe Harvey. Initially performing Thomas Hardy poems set to simple folk melodies, the group have gone on to write their own material and perform at a range of local venues and folk festivals in Essex. ... more

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