A Rovin' I Will Go
A Rovin' Journey: Seeking Fortune, Love, and Redemption
Lyrics
I am sitting in this alehouse for five long days and nights,
I've been sitting in this alehouse for five days and nights, contemplating moving on from a past relationship.
Deciding to forget her and just get on with my life.
Deciding to forget the person and move forward with my life.
It is springtime in the valley. It is springtime in my head,
It's spring in the valley and in my thoughts, symbolizing renewal.
And if I can do no better than this, I might as well be dead.
Feeling stuck, considering life's worth if things don't improve.
My name it is O'Hara. I was twenty in the fall.
Introducing the narrator, O'Hara, who was twenty in the fall.
And there is my brother Kevin--well, we are not alike at all.
Highlighting differences between O'Hara and his brother Kevin.
I will never be a bank clerk, nor week nobody's soul,
Expressing a desire for a non-traditional life, avoiding mundane jobs.
I will kiss my mother at the break of dawn, and a-roving I will go.
Expressing love for family, particularly the morning ritual with the mother, and the decision to go roving.
A-roving I will go. I am off to seek me a fortune.
Reaffirming the decision to go on an adventure to seek fortune.
I will dig for gold by day and in the nighttime, I will be courting.
Planning to dig for gold during the day and court at night.
A-roving I will go, from Dublin across to Boston,
Listing places to visit during the roving adventure.
And west to California, and back in five me wanted.
Travel plans, aiming to return in five years.
Sweet Mary was my sunshine. Sweet Mary was so true.
Reflecting on a past love, Sweet Mary, who was sincere and loving.
Sweet Mary dug my heart out, then she cut it right in two.
Expressing heartbreak as Sweet Mary ended the relationship.
And now a voice is calling, as pure as falling snow:
Introducing a compelling voice urging O'Hara to stop mourning and start roving again.
"O'Hara, stop your bawling for a-roving you must go.
Encouragement to cease grieving and resume the adventurous journey.
A-roving I will go. I am off to seek me a fortune.
Reiteration of the decision to seek fortune and engage in romantic pursuits.
I will dig for gold by day and in the nighttime, I will be courting.
Repeating the plans for gold digging and nighttime courting.
A-roving I will go, from Dublin across to Boston,
Re-emphasizing the roving journey across different locations.
And west to California, and back in five me wanted
Repeating the intention to return in five years.
Farewell to this old alehouse. Farewell to all my friends.
Bidding farewell to the alehouse and friends, signaling a new beginning.
There is something new beginning, every time there is something else.
Highlighting the cyclical nature of life with constant new beginnings.
I will never leave completely, for in my heart you'll be.
Assuring that a part of the narrator will always remain with the friends.
When I return, I promise now that drinks will be on me.
Promising to treat friends to drinks upon returning.
A-roving I will go. I am off to seek me a fortune.
Reaffirming the decision to embark on the roving adventure.
I will dig for gold by day and in the nighttime, I will be courting.
Reiterating the plans for gold digging and nighttime courting.
A-roving I will go, from Dublin across to Boston,
Repeating the roving journey across different locations.
And west to California, and back in five me wanted
Repeating the intention to return in five years.
A-roving I will go. I am off to seek me a fortune.
Reiterating the decision to seek fortune and engage in romantic pursuits.
I will dig for gold by day and in the nighttime, I will be courting.
Reiterating the plans for gold digging and nighttime courting.
A-roving I will go, from Dublin across to Boston,
Reiterating the roving journey across different locations.
And west to California... and back in five me wanted
Repeating the intention to return to California and back in five years.
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