Rove Riley Rove
DI went up on a mountain
GGave my horn a blow
DThought I hear my true love say
GYonder comes my beau
Rove Riley Rove
Rove Riley Rove
Rove Riley poor boy
Ain’t got nowhere to go
Mama give me meat
Daddy give me bread
Pretty girl give me one sweet kiss
Like to done killed me dead
Possum is a funny thing
He rambles in the dark
Only time you know he's there
Is when you hear old Ranger bark
Daddy had a great big house
A hundred stories high
Every story in that house
Was filled with chicken pie
Went up on a mountain
Done stripped me a load of cane
Make me a barrel of molasses
Sweet Miss Liza Jane