Question about lyrics

[Rosemary Nunn]

Can someone tell me what the lyrics to The Rover really are. I've seen many versions and I am very much confused as to which are correct. 

Thanks

[SteveAJones]

From online and apparently correct, or at least close enough:

The Rover

Led Zeppelin

I've been to London, seen seven wonders I know to trip is just to fall
I used to rock it, sometimes I'd roll it
I always knew what it was for
There can be no denying, that the wind'll shake 'em down
And the flat world's flying, and there's a new plague on the land

(If we could just join hands)
(If we could just join)

Traversed the planet, when heaven sent me
I saw the kings who rule them all
Still by the firelight and purple moonlight I hear the rested rivers call
And the wind is crying, from a love that won't grow cold
My lover, she is lying, on the dark side of the globe

(If we could just join hands)

You got me rocking when I ought to be a-rolling
Darling, tell me, darling, which way to go
You keep me rocking, baby, then you keep me stolen
Won't you tell me, darling, which way to go, that's right

Oh how I wonder, oh how I worry, and I would dearly like to know
I've all this wonder, of earthly plunder, will it leave us anything to show
And our time is flying, see the candle burning low
Is the new world rising, from the shambles of the old

(If we could just join hands)
If we could just, if we could just, if we could just
If we could just, if we could just join hands
That's all it takes, that's all it takes
That's all it takes, that's all it takes

(Yeah)

Songwriters: JIMMY PAGE, ROBERT PLANT

© Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

[Fat Albert 72]

On 1/19/2020 at 12:12 AM, SteveAJones said:

There can be no denying, that the wind'll shake 'em down
And the flat world's flying, and there's a new plague on the land

"There can be no denying, that the WE'll REALLY shake 'em down
And the FLAG WE'RE flying, IS THE new FLAG OF the land"

Many other lines are wrong in your version too (such as "seen seven wonders" and "traversed the planet") but I have no answers for these.

Edited January 20, 2020 by Fat Albert 72

[SteveAJones]

8 hours ago, Fat Albert 72 said:

"There can be no denying, that the WE'll REALLY shake 'em down
And the FLAG WE'RE flying, IS THE new FLAG OF the land"

Many other lines are wrong in your version too (such as "seen seven wonders" and "traversed the planet") but I have no answers for these.

It's not MY version, it's from online and "close enough" (meaning don't take it as gospel) as I said. 

[Fat Albert 72]

2 hours ago, SteveAJones said:

It's not MY version, it's from online and "close enough" (meaning don't take it as gospel) as I said. 

It certainly isn’t close enough and a long way from gospel

[bclothesfree]

This is a very puzzling song, never done live, rarely talked about. I feel it is a very exciting zep song. Really caputures the magic, wonder & awh the band. Like a lot of there song it gives you the feeling of rolling or moving forward with power.. But the true words would be most fulfilling. 

Edited October 9, 2022 by bclothesfree

[redrum]

Move over Rover

Let Jimi take over