Na na na, na na na na na!
Na na na, na na na na na!

Wouldn't it be great,
If noone ever got offended?
Wouldn't it be great,
To say what's really on your mind?

I've always said,
All the rules are made for bending.
And if I let my hair down,
Would that be such a crime?

I wanna be consequence free!
I wanna be where nothing needs to matter.
I wanna be consequence free!

I had a dream I was moving forward

Floating gently to the sun

I’ve come to see my world rewarded

A new day has begun
A lost bird caught in mid migration

Far away to a foreign land

Offspring of a secret nation

A new day has begun

Chorus

I can see the earth below me

and I can

feel it turn

Fog lifts to reveal potential

For generations prophesized

(Traditional - Arr. GBS)

Ah, when Jack comes ashore he's got money galore

And he's seldom cut short of a job

He can dress now as well, as any can tell
With a good silver watch in his fob

Poor Jack in his life was ne'er paired with a wife

Though sometimes with lasses he links

He's a seafarin', sailmakin', gamblin', caperin'

Grog-drinking hero,

Jack Hinks, oh, Jack Hinks

I dreamt I saw a woman

Standing by the strand

Waiting for her people

To come in from the land
Waiting there for seven days

She built a fire in the sand

Waiting for her people

To come in from the land

She had the look of a refugee

Hiding in her eyes

And when I tried to talk to her

She answered with a cry

And pointed to the water

Out beyond the harbour line

Girl, don't tell me that it's morning.
Can we keep the curtains drawn?
I havn't given you fair warning,
But our ship, our ship she sails at dawn.

And it's true I must be going,
But I swear it wont be long.
There isn't that much ocean
Between Boston and St. John's.
I'm a rover, and im bound to sail away.
I'm a rover, can you love me anyway?

And if some suitor comes approaching,

(Traditional - Arr. GBS)

CHORUS:

Our schooner and our sloop in Ferryland they do lie
She is already rigged to be bound for the ice

All you lads of the Southern, we will have you to beware.

She's going to the ice in the spring of the year

Laddie whack fol the laddie, laddie whack fol the day.

Our course be east-north-east for two days and two nights.

I wasn’t looking for a lover,

I wasn’t looking for a friend

I wasn’t working undercover, wasn’t trying to pretend

But when you walked across the dance floor,
just like the moon across the sky

I knew that I would have to see more,

knew that I would have to try

One look into your eyes, and I realize...

Chorus

Oh no I can’t stop falling

There is an ancient party at the other end of town.
He keeps a little grocery store, and the ancient's name is Brown.
He has a lovely daughter, such a treat i never saw.
Oh, i only hope someday to be the old man's son-in-law.

Old Brown sells from off his shelf most anything you please.
He's got juice hops for the little boys, lollipops and cheese.

(Traditional - Arr. GBS)

Though the night be dark as dungeon, not a star to be seen above

I will be guided without a stumble into the arms of me own true love.
I went up to her bedroom window, kneelin' gently upon a stone

I rapped on her bedroom window - "My darlin' dear, do you lie alone?"

CHORUS:

I'm a rover, seldom sober

I'm a rover of high degree

(Traditional - Arr. GBS)

A nobleman's fair daughter came down a narrow lane

And met with Captain Wedderburn, the keeper of the game
"Now my pretty fair miss, if it wasn't for the law,

You and I in a bed might lie"

Roll me over next to the wall (x2)

"Now, my dear good man," she said, "Do not be perplexed;

(written by Bob Hallett / Séan McCann)

Here I go again, my heart's on the line.

I'm willing to pretend, one more time
I got some life to spend, on even rhymes

But when I reach the end, will you (will you) will you be mine?

CHORUS:

This time I know you're not the answer to my prayer

And I have grown with each disappointment through the years

There is an ancient party at the other end of town.
He keeps a little grocery store, and the ancient's name is Brown.
He has a lovely daughter, such a treat i never saw.
Oh, i only hope someday to be the old man's son-in-law.

Old Brown sells from off his shelf most anything you please.
He's got juice hops for the little boys, lollipops and cheese.

(written by Bob Hallett / Séan McCann)

Here I go again, my heart's on the line.

I'm willing to pretend, one more time
I got some life to spend, on even rhymes

But when I reach the end, will you (will you) will you be mine?

CHORUS:

This time I know you're not the answer to my prayer

And I have grown with each disappointment through the years

(Traditional - Arr. GBS)

A nobleman's fair daughter came down a narrow lane

And met with Captain Wedderburn, the keeper of the game
"Now my pretty fair miss, if it wasn't for the law,

You and I in a bed might lie"

Roll me over next to the wall (x2)

"Now, my dear good man," she said, "Do not be perplexed;

(Traditional - Arr. GBS)

CHORUS:

Our schooner and our sloop in Ferryland they do lie
She is already rigged to be bound for the ice

All you lads of the Southern, we will have you to beware.

She's going to the ice in the spring of the year

Laddie whack fol the laddie, laddie whack fol the day.

Our course be east-north-east for two days and two nights.

(Traditional - Arr. GBS)

Though the night be dark as dungeon, not a star to be seen above

I will be guided without a stumble into the arms of me own true love.
I went up to her bedroom window, kneelin' gently upon a stone

I rapped on her bedroom window - "My darlin' dear, do you lie alone?"

CHORUS:

I'm a rover, seldom sober

I'm a rover of high degree

(Traditional - Arr. GBS)

Ah, when Jack comes ashore he's got money galore

And he's seldom cut short of a job

He can dress now as well, as any can tell
With a good silver watch in his fob

Poor Jack in his life was ne'er paired with a wife

Though sometimes with lasses he links

He's a seafarin', sailmakin', gamblin', caperin'

Grog-drinking hero,

Jack Hinks, oh, Jack Hinks

Na na na, na na na na na!
Na na na, na na na na na!

Wouldn't it be great,
If noone ever got offended?
Wouldn't it be great,
To say what's really on your mind?

I've always said,
All the rules are made for bending.
And if I let my hair down,
Would that be such a crime?

I wanna be consequence free!
I wanna be where nothing needs to matter.
I wanna be consequence free!

I had a dream I was moving forward

Floating gently to the sun

I’ve come to see my world rewarded

A new day has begun
A lost bird caught in mid migration

Far away to a foreign land

Offspring of a secret nation

A new day has begun

Chorus

I can see the earth below me

and I can

feel it turn

Fog lifts to reveal potential

For generations prophesized

Girl, don't tell me that it's morning.
Can we keep the curtains drawn?
I havn't given you fair warning,
But our ship, our ship she sails at dawn.

And it's true I must be going,
But I swear it wont be long.
There isn't that much ocean
Between Boston and St. John's.
I'm a rover, and im bound to sail away.
I'm a rover, can you love me anyway?

And if some suitor comes approaching,

I wasn’t looking for a lover,

I wasn’t looking for a friend

I wasn’t working undercover, wasn’t trying to pretend

But when you walked across the dance floor,
just like the moon across the sky

I knew that I would have to see more,

knew that I would have to try

One look into your eyes, and I realize...

Chorus

Oh no I can’t stop falling

I dreamt I saw a woman

Standing by the strand

Waiting for her people

To come in from the land
Waiting there for seven days

She built a fire in the sand

Waiting for her people

To come in from the land

She had the look of a refugee

Hiding in her eyes

And when I tried to talk to her

She answered with a cry

And pointed to the water

Out beyond the harbour line