GYPSY ROVER
Gypsy Rover
1. Gypsy rover come over the hill,
down thru the valley so shady.
He whistled and he sang
till the greenwoods rang.
And he won the heart of a Lady.
Ha dee doo, ha dee doo, ah dee day
Ha dee doo, ha dee day
He whistled and he sang
till the greenwoods rang.
And he won the heart of a lady.
2. She left her father’s castle gate;
she left her own true lover;
she left her servants and her estate
to follow the gypsy rover.
Ha dee doo, ha dee doo, ah dee day
Ha dee doo, ha dee day
He whistled and he sang
till the greenwoods rang.
And he won the heart of a lady.
3. Her father saddled his fastest steed
and roamed the valley all over.
He sought his daughter at great speed,
and the whistling gypsy rover.
Ha dee doo, ha dee doo, ah dee day
Ha dee doo, ha dee day
He whistled and he sang
till the greenwoods rang.
And he won the heart of a lady.
4. He came at last to a mansion fine
down by the River Clayde;
and there was music and there was wine
for the gypsy and his lady.
Ha dee doo, ha dee doo, ah dee day
Ha dee doo, ha dee day
He whistled and he sang
till the greenwoods rang.
And he won the heart of a lady.
5. “He’s no gypsy, my father,” said she,
“He’s lord of freelands all over;
and I will stay till my dying day
with my whistling gypsy rover.”
Ha dee doo, ha dee doo, ah dee day
Ha dee doo, ha dee day
He whistled and he sang
till the greenwoods rang.
And he won the heart of a lady.