Teri: Music

Teri: lead & harmony vocals; Mary Bouley: harp; Dave Firestine: mandolin; Don Gest: bodhran; Winnie McBride Hennessy: button-box accordion; Jim McConnell: guitar; Mick McQuaid: tin whistle

Chorus: I am a ramblin' rover, a child away from home. More refugee than orphan. Fearful and alone. I'm running from the pain of past and half-forgotten woes. I am a ramblin' rover and I need a place to call home.

Well, I left home at seventeen and hit the dusty road. And like the story of the seeds, I've reaped what I have sowed. I've never settle down for long. No moss under these shoes. I've rambled 'roun from town to town, and moer tha paid me dues.

So colorful a life I've lived, of rich and varied hues. But while I've painted red the town, I've I've also sung the blues. I've sought a compass and the dream that lies at rainbow's end. But I've learned life is hear and now, and not around the bend.

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Our fate is what we don't resist as each day passes by. And that which we do not attain, we've often failed to try. I've somehow come this far by luck, by hook and crook and prayer. I'd rather care about my life than live without a care.

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My painful past's behind me now. There's much I've left to do. Each time I stop awhile, I wipe the dust off of me shoes. Although I choose to ramble, amble, gamble as I roam, I bloom where 'ere I plant me feet. Each town I call me home.

I was a ramblin' rover, a child away from home. More refugee than orphan. Fearful and alone. Was runnin' from the pain of past and half-forgotten woes. I was a ramblin' rover, but I've found a place to call home.