W ell I'm a rake and a rambling boy
There's many a c ity I did enj oy
And now I've m arried me a pretty little w ife
And I love her d earer than I love my l ife
Oh she was pretty both neat and gay
Caused me to r ob the broad highw ay
Oh yes I r obbed it I do dec lare
And I got mys elf ten thousand b ail
Wel l I'm a rake and a rambling boy
There's many a c ity I did enj oy
And now I've m arried me a pretty little w ife
And I love her d earer than I love my l ife
Oh when I die don't bury me at all
Place m y bones in alcoh ol
And at m y feet place a white snow d ove
To tell the w orld that I died for l ove
Wel l I'm a rake and a rambling boy
There's many a c ity I did enj oy
And now I've m arried me a pretty little w ife
And I love her d earer than I love my l ife
And I love her d earer than I love my l ife