THE WHISTLING GYPSY
(Leo Maguire)
1. The gypsy rover come over the hill,
Down thro' the valley so shady;
He whistled and sang 'til the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
CHORUS:
Ah-di-do, ah-di-do-da-day,
Ah-di-do, ah-di-day-dee;
He whistled and he sang 'til the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
2. She left her father's castle gate,
She left her fair young lover;
She left her servants and her state,
To follow the gypsy rover.
3. Her father saddled up his fastest steed
He ranged the vallies over;
He sought his daughter at great speed,
And the whistling gypsy rover.
4. He came at last to a mansion fine,
Down by the river Claydy
And there was music, and there was wine,
For the gypsy and his lady.
5. "He's no gypsy, father dear,
But lord of these lands all over;
I'm going to stay till my dying day
With my whistling gypsy rover." |