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Gerard Lyr Add: Gypsy Girl (22) Lyr Add: THE GYPSY'S WEDDING DAY (from Burl Ives) 15 Jul 03


This is a variant of the Gypsy Girl, called the Gypsy's Wedding Day, I don't have all the lyrics, I've edited some that I copied from the Gypsy Girl, as heard on "Burl Ives Sings His Favorites (or Best)" Audio CD (April 23, 1996) Original Release Date: 1996 Number of Discs: 1 Label: Tko Coll. Blues ASIN: B000005IOK

When I was a walkin' down a London street,
A handsome young Gypsy Girl, the first I chance to meet,
I saw her pretty brown eyes I knowed I loved her well,
Says I "My little Gypsy Girl will you my fortune tell?"
Will you my fortune tell, will you my fortune tell?
Says I my little Gypsy Girl will you my fortune tell?

Oh yes, sir, oh please sir, hold to me your hand
You have many a fortunes in many a far-off lands
You've courted many fine ladies, you've thrown them all aside
It is a little Gypsy Girl that is to be your bride
That is to be your bride, that is to be your bride
It is a little Gypsy Girl that is to be your bride.

I took her, and led her, to a place on a quiet shore
With servants to wait on her, and open up her door
*Oh once she was a gypsy girl, but now a band does play
It was the celebration of the Gypsy's Wedding Day
The Gypsy's Wedding Day, oh the Gypsy's Wedding Day
It was the celebration of the Gypsy's Wedding Day.

*Note: not sure about this line


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