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techeka@lj (мы гаццки опоздали на открытие выставки Линор Линзы в музее Фрейда и вместо этого пошли, как две тру-блондинки, гулять по Петроградке с бутылочкой ~~коктейля "розовые свастики"~~ Flash'а, очередной раз не выполнив уговор "не говорить о мужиках"), от и до вспомнила текст любимейшей песни, с которой началась моя подсадка на кельтский фолк и которая уже лет 7 мне строить и жить помогает) =)

O there's sober men in plenty, and drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety who have never yet kissed a girl.
But give me a ramblin' rover,and from Orkney down to Dover
We will roam the country over and together will face the world!

There's many that feign enjoyment for merciless employment
Their ambition was this deployment since the minute they left the school
They save and scrape and ponder while the rest go out and squander
See the world, and rove and wander, and they're happier as a rule.

O there's sober men in plenty, and drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety who have never yet kissed a girl.
But give me a ramblin' rover,and from Orkney down to Dover
We will roam the country over and together will face the world!

I've roamed through all the nations, ta'en delight in all creation
And I've tried a wee sensation where the company did prove kind
And when parting was no pleasure, I've drunk another measure
To the good friends that we treasure for they always are in our minds.

O there's sober men in plenty, and drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety who have never yet kissed a girl.
But give me a ramblin' rover,and from Orkney down to Dover
We will roam the country over and together will face the world!

For the lassies young and sprightly, them I courted nightly
Where stayin' wasn't likely, for I ramble up and down;
'Cause life it would be hearty, I'd dance at every party,
Meet ramblin' Dan McCarthy and we'll all go on the town.

O there's sober men in plenty, and drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety who have never yet kissed a girl.
But give me a ramblin' rover,and from Orkney down to Dover
We will roam the country over and together will face the world!

So when troubles do befall me, to the high road I do haul me
Ramblin' Johnny's what you call me, 'tis me blessing and me bane.
Though my comrades have been many, I'll take a drink with any
'Til I've spent me last wee penny, and life I'll not see again.

O there's sober men in plenty, and drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety who have never yet kissed a girl.
But give me a ramblin' rover,and from Orkney down to Dover
We will roam the country over and together will face the world!

If you've bent with arth-er-itis, your bowels have got colitis
You have gallopin' bollockitis and your thinkin' it's time you died
You've been a man of action tho you're lying there in traction
You may gain some satisfaction sayin' "Jaysus, at least I tried!"

O there's sober men in plenty, and drunkards barely twenty
There are men of over ninety who have never yet kissed a girl.
But give me a ramblin' rover,and from Orkney down to Dover
We will roam the country over and together will face the world!

(c) Silly Wizard

Чёрт, и каждый раз жалею, что я (экс-гуманитарий-дилетант) ниасиливаю написать подобный ёрнический опус по-русски :( Банально, но факт. Хотя кое-кто однажды уверял, что у меня должно рано или поздно получиться.