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The whistling gypsy came over the hill. |
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Down through the valley so shady. |
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He whistled and he sang till the green wood rang |
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And he won the heart of a lady. |
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Ah dee du, ah dee du dai day. |
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Ah dee du, ah dee day oh. |
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He whistled and he sang till the green wood rang |
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And he won the heart of a lady. |
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She left her father's castle gate. |
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She left her fair young lover. |
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She left her servants and her state |
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To follow the gypsy rover. |
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Ah dee du, ah dee du dai day. |
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Ah dee du, ah dee day oh. |
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He whistled and he sang till the green wood rang |
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And he won the heart of a lady. |
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She left behind her velvet gown, |
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And shoes of spanish leather |
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They whistled and they sang till the green wood rang |
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As they rode off together. |
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Last night she slept on a goose feather bed, |
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With silken sheets for cover |
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Tonight she sleeps on the cold cold ground, |
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Beside her gypsy lover |
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Ah dee du, ah dee du dai day. |
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Ah dee du, ah dee day oh. |
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He whistled and he sang till the green wood rang |
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And he won the heart of a lady. |
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He won the heart of a lady |
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He won the heart of a lady |
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Her father saddled up his fastest steed |
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and searched these lands all over |
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...at great speed |
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For the whistling gypsy rover... |
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He is no gypsy my father she said, |
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But lord of these lands all over, |
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And I will stay 'til my dying day |
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With my whistling gypsy rover. |
