Around here it’s “Roving’s been my ru-ay-in”. (ruin).
A-ROVING ON A WINTER’S NIGHT
(Doc Watson)(O, my luve’s like a red, red rose)
A-roving on a winter’s night
And a-drinking good old wine
Thinking about that pretty little girl
That broke this heart of mine.
It shows up a lot in sea chanteys, too. I think it’s a case where various definitions fall upon the same word.
A lot of Irish people were forced to “rove” when they were evicted during the Ulster Plantation, for example, so one could make the case of a sad and serious history of that word. But, during the Highland clearances, a lot of Scots had to as well, so it likely comes in that way. So, thanks to the Brits, a lot of people have had to rove in the Isles because they were made homeless.
Then there’s the Traveller reference, because that’s what they do. But it’s also playful, in the case of sea songs, where they are ashore and going from bar to bar. And it also refers to going to sea as well, to see the world as it were.
A catch-all kind of word.
Nonsense! It’s strine for ‘self abuse’. Swagmen were often alone for months at a time, alone amongst millions of sheep…
My roving.
My wife’s roving.
Definitely getting pretty woolly all round. 
djm
I used to rove a lot, but then my mother bought me a watch for Christmas. It’s hard to rove when you’re wearing a watch.
There’s the day!
It’s not the day…
It IS the day,
The night is over.
It’s NOT the day
What e’re ya say,
It’s only the moon
To guide the rover.
With a PTO you can rove around the fields plowing 
The Roving Plough Boy! 
Oh, and I suppose you’re going to say it was our fault? Like maybe it was our enticing attire? 