One of the many versions of this song I've heard. I don't even remember where this version came from, it was so long ago. I wrote the two verses about the Canso girls, meaning no harm; any person referred to in those verses is purely fictitious, or lives somewhere else.
I'm A rambler, I'm a gambler,
I'm a long way from home.
And the people that don't like me
They can leave me alone.
I'll eat when I'm hungry,
I'll drink when I'm dry.
And the whiskey don't like me,
I'll live 'till I die.
If you go down to Canso,
Don't go there for long
For their dark eyes are pretty,
But their fingers are strong.
They'll anchor your drifting,
In their smiles and their thighs,
And their dresses will bind you,
And there's gold in their eyes.
There's changes in the ocean,
There's changes in the sea,
There's changes in my true love,
There's no changing me.
I'm a Rambler, I'm A gambler,
I'm a long ways from home,
And the people that don't like me
They can leave me alone.