Gypsy Rover

A gypsy rover came over the hill

Down through the valley so shady.

He whistled and he sang 'til the green woods rang

And he won the heart of a lady.

Ah-dee-doo-ah-dee-doo-dah-day

Ah-dee-doo-ah-dee-day-dee

He whistled and he sang 'til the green woods rang

And he won the heart of a lady.

She left her father's castle gate.

She left her own fine lover.

She left her servants and her state

To follow her gypsy rover.

She left behind her velvet gown

And shoes of Spanish leather

They whistled and they sang 'till the green woods rang

As they rode off together

Last night, she slept on a goose feather bed

With silken sheets for cover

Tonight she'll sleep on the cold, cold ground

Beside her gyspy lover

Her father saddled up his fastest stead

And roamed the valley all over.

Sought his daughter at great speed

And the whistlin' gypsy rover.

He came at last to a mansion fine

Down by the river Claydee.

And there was music and there was wine

For the gypsy and his lady.

"Have you forsaken your house and home?

Have you forsaken your baby?

Have you forsaken your husband dear

For a whistling gypsy rover?"

"He is no gypsy, my Father," she cried

"but Lord of these lands all over.

And I shall stay 'til my dying day

with my whistlin' gypsy rover."