I found a source older than the sheet music; it is presented as a poem rather than a song. It has numerous small differences from the sheet music; I have marked them with boldface.

From Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine, Vol. 55 (Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey, November, 1857), page 448:


THE GYPSY’S WARNING.
By Georgiana D. S.

1. Do not trust him, gentle lady, though his voice be low and sweet.
Heed not that he kneels unto thee, softly pleading at thy feet.
While thy life is in its morning, cloud not thus thy happy lot.
List unto the gypsy’s warning; gentle lady, trust him not.

2. Do not turn so coldly from me; I would only guard thy youth
From a stern, a with’ring sorrow; I would only tell thee truth.
I would shield thee from all danger, woo thee from the tempter’s snare.
Lady, shun that dark-eyed stranger; I have warned thee; now beware.

3. Lady, once there lived a maiden, young and pure, and like thee, fair,
Yet, oh, yet, he wooed and won her, filled her gentle heart with care
Then he heeded not her weeping, he cared not her life to save.
Soon she perished; now she’s sleeping in the cold and silent grave.

4. Keep thy gold; I do not need it; lady, I have prayed for this,
For the hour when I might foil him, rob him of expected bliss.
Ay, I see thou’rt filled with wonder at my words so fierce and wild.
Lady, in that green grave yonder lies the gypsy’s only child.