THE DARK-EYED GYPSY

There were seven gypsies in the wood
And Oh! but they were bonny Oh,
And they sang so sweet, so very very sweet
That they charmed the heart of the lady-Oh.

`Why did you leave your house and land?
Why did you leave your children-O?
Why did you leave your own wedded Lord?
To follow the dark-eyed gypsy-O,'

`What care I for my house and land
What care I for my children-O,        -
I will eat the grass and drink the dew
And I'll follow the dark-eyed gypsy-O.'

Source: "Cut the Loaf: Irish Children's Songs," Carmel O Boyle, Mercier Press, 1986.

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