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Thread #70538 Message #2888371
Posted By: Jim Dixon
17-Apr-10 - 12:04 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: The Gipsy King / The Gypsy King
Subject: Lyr Add: THE GIPSY KING
From the sheet music in the Levy collection. I have corrected (or modernized) the spelling of a few words, but I have left "Gipsy" as is.
THE GIPSY KING
Sung by Mr. Brough. Music by S. Nelson.
New York: Endicott, [no date]
1. I am the Gipsy King,
And where is the King like me?
No trouble my dignities bring.
No other is half so free.
In my kingdom there is but one table.
All my subjects partake in my cheer,
We would all have champagne were we able;
As it is, we have plenty of beer,
CHORUS: And 'tis I am the Gipsy King. Ha! Ha!
I am the Gipsy King.
2. A king, and a true one, am I;
No courtiers nor ministers here.
I see ev'ry thing with my own eye,
And hear ev'ry thing with my own ear.
No conspiracies I apprehend.
Among brothers and equals I rule.
We all help both to gain and to spend,
And get drunk when the treasury's full.
3. I confess that I am but a man.
My failings who pleases may know.
I am fond of my girl and my can,
And jolly companions arow.
My subjects are kind to me.
They don't grudge me the largest glass,
Nor yet that I hold on my knee
At this moment the prettiest lass.
4. Ne'er a king do I envy nor Kaiser
That sits on a golden throne,
And I'll tell you the reason why, sir:
Here's a scepter and a ball of my own.
To sit all the night through in a crown
I've a notion mine ears 'twould freeze,
But I pull my old nightcap down,
And tipple and smoke at my ease.