Talk:The Wild Rover
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Is that Dropkick Murpheys part needed? The Dubliners, the Pogues, millions of Irish bands have covered it. --209.166.75.105 06:21, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] What evidence is there that it is Irish
I was asked recently if this song is actually Irish - and I had to reply that I didn't actually know. The words "alehouse" and "landlady" strike me as a bit 'off-key'.
Can anyone offer any evidence? Maxiogee 18:30, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
it's probably because Irish American travelers who brought the song over to the other side of the world, and where it was documented first Markthemac 05:00, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
p/s it's folk music so it traveled all over "it's like golf" Markthemac 05:01, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] German?
I first heard it in a pub in Ireland in 1969. I did hear it played in a documentary about Namibia. Any chance that it got there much earlier? Pustelnik (talk) 01:12, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] What is the wild rover?
Best theory I have is that it's a drinking game. Does any actually know what it is or at least have some theories? Thanks! Ultratone85 (talk) 10:58, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
- It's the singer's past life as a wanderer, with "play" as in "to act as, to be" like "play the fool". The Dogandpony (talk) 20:35, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
There is a band from Argentina, Doble Fuerza, they recorded a great version of the song, i think it should be added —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.253.22.22 (talk) 13:51, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
