Lyrics and translation Harry Belafonte - A-Roving

A-Roving

A roving, a roving since roving's been my ruin

Je vagabonde, je vagabonde, car la vagabondage a été ma ruine

I'll go no more a roving from you fair maid

Je ne vagabonderais plus, ma belle

In Amsterdam there lives a maid

À Amsterdam, il y a une belle

Mark well what I do say

Marquez bien ce que je dis

In Amsterdam there lives a maid

À Amsterdam, il y a une belle

And she was mistress of her trade

Et elle était maîtresse de son métier

I'll go no more a roving from you fair maid

Je ne vagabonderais plus, ma belle

A roving a roving since roving's been my ruin

Je vagabonde, je vagabonde, car la vagabondage a été ma ruine

I'll go no more a roving from you fair maid

Je ne vagabonderais plus, ma belle

Her eyes are like two stars so bright

Ses yeux sont comme deux étoiles si brillantes

Mark well what I do say

Marquez bien ce que je dis

Her eyes are like two stars so bright

Ses yeux sont comme deux étoiles si brillantes

Her face is soft her step is light

Son visage est doux, son pas est léger

I'll go no more a roving from you fair maid

Je ne vagabonderais plus, ma belle

A roving a roving since roving's been my ruin

Je vagabonde, je vagabonde, car la vagabondage a été ma ruine

I'll go no more a roving from you fair maid

Je ne vagabonderais plus, ma belle

Her cheeks are like the rosebud's red,

Ses joues sont comme le rouge de la rose,

Mark well what I do say

Marquez bien ce que je dis

Her cheeks are like the rosebud's red

Ses joues sont comme le rouge de la rose

There's a wealth of hair upon her head

Il y a une richesse de cheveux sur sa tête

I go no more a roving from you fair maid

Je ne vagabonderais plus, ma belle

A roving a roving since roving's been my ruin

Je vagabonde, je vagabonde, car la vagabondage a été ma ruine

I'll go no more a roving from you fair maid

Je ne vagabonderais plus, ma belle

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Writer(s): Shaw, Parker

Album

Greatest Hits

date of release

21-07-2000

1 Cu-Cu-Ru-Cu-Cu Paloma
2 If I Were A Carpenter
3 Angelina
4 Jump in the Line
5 Day-O (Banana Boat Song)
6 Jamaica Farewell
7 Try to Remember
8 Michael Row the Boat Ashore
9 Mary's Boy Child
10 I Do Adore Her
11 Shenandoah
12 Oh, Freedom
13 I'm Just a Country Boy
14 Shenandoah
15 Don't Ever Love Me
16 Cotton Fields
17 Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down) [From "Bright Road"]
18 Jump Down Spin Around
19 Mama Look A Boo Boo
20 Cocoanut Woman
21 Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
22 A-Roving
23 Scarborough Fair (Canticle)
24 In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin'
25 Come Back Liza
26 Delia's Gone
27 God Bless the Child
28 Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
29 Hold 'Em Joe
30 Muleskinner
31 Once Was
32 Danny Boy
33 When the Saints Go Marching In
34 Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down)
35 Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)
36 Angelique-O
37 On Top of Old Smokey
38 Jerry (This Timber Got to Roll)
39 Venezuela
40 Sylvie
41 Unchained Melody
42 Island in the Sun
43 Land of the Sea and Sun
44 Midnight Special
45 This Land Is Your Land
46 By the Time I Get to Phoenix
47 A Day In the Life of a Fool
48 Mr. Bojangles
49 Abraham, Martin And John
50 Gomen Nasai (Forgive Me)
51 Fare Thee Well
52 Man Piaba
53 John Henry
54 Island In the Sun (from "Island In the Sun")
55 One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)
56 Chimiley Smoke

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