So, we'll go no more a roving So, we'll go no more a roving "So, we'll go no more a roving" is a poem, written by (George Gordon) Lord Byron (1788–1824), and included in a letter to Thomas Moore on 28 February 1817. Moore published the poem in 1830 as part of "Letters and Journals of Lord Byron". It evocatively describes the fatigue of age conquering the restlessness of youth. Byron wrote the poem at the age of twenty-nine. In the letter to Thomas Moore, the poem is preceded by an account of its genesis. "At present, I am on the invalid regimen myself. The Carnival--that is,
So, we'll go no more a roving thus: He took the lassie in his arms, and to bed he ran,<br> O hooly, hooly wi' me, Sir, ye'll waken our goodman!<br> And we'll go no more a roving<br> Sae late into the night,<br> And we'll gang nae mair a roving, boys,<br> Let the moon shine ne'er sae bright.<br> And we'll gang nae mair a roving.<br> The poem appears as "Go No More A-Roving" on the 2004 Leonard Cohen album, "Dear Heather". It has been recorded by Ariella Uliano on her 2009 album 'A.U. (almost) a Compilation'. It was also recorded by Joan Baez on her 1964 "Joan Baez/5"