A traditional sea shanty, which may date to Elizabethan or Jacobean era, and its versions have been found in Great Britain, Denmark, and France. The lyrics have many variations. They are often cautionary tales of a sailor's amorous encounter with the Amsterdam maid, who, variably, is married, taking advantage of the sailor for his money, or has the pox. Regardless of varying lyrics, almost all versions contain the chorus of:
I'll go no more a-rovin' with your fair maid
A-roving, a-roving, since roving's been my ru-i-in
I'll go no more a-roving with you fair maid