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Written by [traditional], also Greensleeves (John Coltrane), Milk Cow Blues (Aerosmith) and Banana Boat Song (Day‐O) (Harry Belafonte)
Released on Major Minor, also Seven Drunken Nights, The Days of Pearly Spencer (David McWilliams) and Black Velvet Band
Part of A Drop of the Hard Stuff, also Seven Drunken Nights, Black Velvet Band and The Galway Races
Written by John Sheahan, also Seven Drunken Nights, Black Velvet Band and Drink It Up Men
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
[traditional] wrote 2823 songs on fono, the 3rd most of any writer
[traditional] wrote 6 of The Dubliners’s top 10 songs
[traditional]’s most frequent co-writer is Johannes Brahms (29 songs together)
[traditional] first appears on fono in 1925, 42 years before this song
Credits
All 8 credits
- Written by
- Barney McKenna, Ciarán Bourke, John Sheahan, Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew and [traditional]
- Part of
- A Drop of the Hard Stuff
- Released on
- Major Minor
- Written by
- Barney McKenna, Ciarán Bourke, John Sheahan, Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew and [traditional]
- Part of
- A Drop of the Hard Stuff
- Released on
- Major Minor
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: [traditional]
Same writer: John Sheahan
Same writer: [traditional]
Same writer: John Sheahan
Same label: Major Minor
Same writer: [traditional]
Same writer: John Sheahan
Same release: A Drop of the Hard Stuff
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz I’m a Rover was written by Barney McKenna
I’m a Rover was written by Barney McKenna
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz I’m a Rover was written by Ciarán Bourke
I’m a Rover was written by Ciarán Bourke
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz I’m a Rover was written by John Sheahan
4MusicBrainz I’m a Rover was written by Luke Kelly
5MusicBrainz I’m a Rover was written by Ronnie Drew
6MusicBrainz I’m a Rover was written by [traditional]
I’m a Rover was written by [traditional]
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz I’m a Rover is part of the release A Drop of the Hard Stuff
I’m a Rover is part of the release A Drop of the Hard Stuff
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Major Minor is the label of the song I’m a Rover
Major Minor is the label of the song I’m a Rover
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz I’m a Rover was released on 1967-12