Love of a Rogue ~ Allison Lonsdale

For the Love of a Rogue

© Allison Lonsdale 1987

O I was young and not such a fool

And he was handsome to look upon

And him with nothing to his name but the open road

How fast I sold my future for a song

For the love of a rogue, and the love of a rover

And I with twenty rich men’s sons who sought my hand

But I took the rogue, and I took the rover

For he wanted the lass and not the land

And not the land

O and his hair was as black as the raven

O and his eyes were as green as the open sea

And when he could have made away with all our silver

He let the other treasures lie and just took me

(Chorus)

O and the living is lean out on the road

O and the ground is hard when you’ve only slept on down

O but the nights are warm that are not spent alone

And I would never trade my rags for any gown

(Chorus)

And what but love could ever so make light of hunger

And what but love could ever so laugh off the cold

It’s with my rogue the wide world over I shall wander

Until someday the children may the tale hear told

Of a highborn lady and her vagabond lover

Of she who found the thought of a rich man’s bed too cold

And she’d have her rogue, and she’d have no other

For he wanted the girl and not the gold

And not the gold

For the love of a rogue, and the love of a rover

And I with twenty rich men’s sons who sought my hand

It’s with my rogue that I shall tramp the wide world over

For he wanted the lass and not the land

And not the land