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  • Hey, I've been a rambler all my rompin 'rovin' days

    Rompin' Rovin' Days 2000

  • Hey, I've been a rambler all my rompin 'rovin' days

    Rompin' Rovin' Days 2000

  • I took along a few essences to give me suthin 'to think about, an' when I got tired o 'rovin' I expected to turn back home an 'begin bachin' on 't same's I'd got to end.

    Country Neighbors Alice Brown 1902

  • "It's lonesome in a manner to think of the little ould bein 'rovin' about the world like a wisp of hay gathered up on the win '; for all, tubbe sure, it's her own fancy starts her off."

    Strangers at Lisconnel Jane Barlow 1887

  • o 'rovin' such as ain't my natur ', but I should like to see her satisfied.

    A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches Sarah Orne Jewett 1879

  • (Soundbite of song, "Rovin 'Gambler") Mr. DIERKS BENTLEY (Singer): (Singing) I am the rovin 'gambler.

    Dierks Bentley Leaves Big Country For Bluegrass 2010

  • (Soundbite of song, "Rovin 'Gambler") Mr. DIERKS BENTLEY (Singer): (Singing) I am the rovin 'gambler.

    Dierks Bentley Leaves Big Country For Bluegrass 2010

  • I guess they and their compatriots have gone a rovin'.

    Daimnation!: Ta Ta! 2008

  • When questioned as to why he chose such a unique design the old gentleman said: Wall, Jim, he were a sort of a rovin 'feller, and I allowed that this design would 'bout suit him.

    His Rovin' Days Are Over 2006

  • And a rovin 'a rovin' a rovin 'I'll go for a pair of brown eyes.

    A Pair of Brown Eyes 1999

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