oh
i'm a rake and a ramblin' boy
there's many a city
lord
i did enjoy
but now i'm married
got a pretty little wife
and i love her dearer than i love my life
oh
she was pretty and owed me a deal
caused me to rob that broad highway
oh
yes
i robbed it
i do declare
i got the city ten thousand bales
oh
i'm a rake and a ramblin' boy
there's many a city
lord
i did enjoy
but now i'm married
got a pretty little wife
and i love her dearer than i love my life
and when i die don't bury me at all
just place my bones
lord
in alcohol and at my feet
a snow white dove to let the world know i died for love
oh
i'm a rake and a ramblin' boy
there's many a city
lord
i did enjoy
but now i'm married
got a pretty little wife
and i love her dearer than i love my life