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Posted By: Jim Dixon
19-Dec-08 - 04:47 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: In the Days We Went a-Gypsying
Subject: Lyr Add: IN THE DAYS WHEN WE WENT GIPSYING
From the sheet music at the Library of Congress:
IN THE DAYS WHEN WE WENT GIPSYING
Melody by J. N. Sporle. Arr. Joseph Philip Knight.
New York: Davis and Horn, 1839.
1. In the days when we went gipsying, a long while ago,
The lads and lasses in their best were dressed from top to toe.
We danced and sang the jocund song upon the forest green,
And nought but mirth and jollity around us could be seen.
CHORUS: And thus we passed the pleasant time, nor thought of care or woe,
In the days when we went gipsying, a long while ago,
In the days when we went gipsying, a long while ago.
2. All hearts were light and eyes were bright, while nature's face was gay.
The trees their leafy branches spread and perfume filled the May.
'Twas there we heard the cuckoo's note steal softly through the air,
While every scene around us looked most beautiful and fair.
3. We filled a glass to every lass, and all our friends most dear,
And wished them many happy days, and many a happy year.
To friends away we turned our thoughts with feelings kind and free,
And oh! we wished them with us there beneath the forest tree.