| When first from boyhood I came to a man
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| To ramble the nation through soon I began
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| Oh the ramblin' thought that came into me mind
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| So they christened me Ramblin' Robin oh
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| So they christened me Ramblin' Robin
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| O’er hills and o’er mountains I used to go
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| I slept in the woods where there’s frost and there’s snow
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| No anxiety ever came into me mind
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| So contented was Ramblin' Robin oh
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| So contented was Ramblin' Robin
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| The wind and the rain oh they blew mw quite cold
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| Me parents at home they were both growing old
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| Oh me father did weep and me mother did cry
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| For the loss of their Ramblin' Robin oh
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| For the loss of their Ramblin' Robin
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| When sixteen long years they were over and past
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| Me poor mother’s sorrow was ended at last
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| And me father the nation did range through and through
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| Oh in search for his Ramblin' Robin oh
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| Oh in search for his Ramblin' Robin
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| When all me past follies they came to an end
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| To me own little village I did attend
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| Oh the neighbours they told me my parents were dead
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| Filled with grief for their Ramblin' Robin oh
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| Filled with grief for their Ramblin' Robin
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| Oh where shall I wander and where shall I go?
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| Me heart it is filled with sorrow and woe
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| Oh the nation I’ll wander through and through
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| And an end put to Ramblin' Robin oh
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| And an end put to Ramblin' Robin |