I went to an ale house I used to frequent

And I told the landlady my money was spent.

I asked her for credit. She answered me “Nay—

For a custom like yours I can get any day!”

 

Chorus: And it’s no, nay, never.…

No, nay, never, no more—

Will I play the wild rover—

The wild rover no more!

 

From The Wild Rover.

A nineteenth-century seaman’s ballad, it originated in Bristol, England. It is probably the only chorus in English which contains seven consecutive negatives.