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06 Jan 03 - 04:45 PM (#860082) Subject: The Gypsy's wedding day From: GUEST,Fast eddy There is a lot of chat about this song ,but I can't pin down the lyrics. Starts with 'there was a wedding on the 3rd of December.I heard it by a German band and it goes at a furious pace, anybody help? |
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06 Jan 03 - 06:45 PM (#860166) Subject: RE: The Gypsy's wedding day From: masato sakurai That sounds like a different song from The Gypsy Maid (The Gypsy's Wedding Day), a version of which is THE LITTLE GYPSY GIRL. ~Masato |
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19 Dec 11 - 12:15 PM (#3276589) Subject: Lyr Add: THE GYPSY'S WEDDING DAY (from Burl Ives) From: Jim Dixon THE GYPSY'S WEDDING DAY As sung by Burl Ives on "Sings His Favorites" (1996) As I was a-walkin' down a London street, A handsome young gypsy gal at first I chanced to meet. I viewed her pretty brown eyes; I knowed I loved her well. Says I, "My little gypsy girl, can you my fortune tell? Can you my fortune tell? Can you my fortune tell?" Says I, "My little gypsy girl, can you my fortune tell?" "Oh, yes, sir; oh, please, sir, hold out to me your hand. You have many a fine fortune in many a far-off land. You've courted many fine ladies; you've thrown them all aside. It is a little gypsy girl that is to be your bride. That is to be your bride, that is to be your bride, It is a little gypsy girl that is to be your bride." I took her; I led her to my cottage by the shore, Where servants stood waiting to open up the door. The bells they did ring and the music they did play, For 'twas the celebration of the gypsy's weddin' day. The gypsy's weddin' day, oh, the gypsy's weddin' day, It was the celebration of the gypsy's weddin' day. |
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19 Dec 11 - 12:22 PM (#3276594) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gypsy's Wedding Day From: GUEST,Captain Swing This was published in a collection of Lincolnshire folk songs around the late 60s/early 70s. I think it's likely that it was recorded by The Broadside from Grimsby. Here is the missing first verse. My father is the king of the Gypsies that is true My mother she sent me out, some camping for to do They put a pack upon my back and all did wish me well So I set of to London some fortunes for to tell Some fortunes for to tell, some fortunes for to tell So I set of to London some fortunes for to tell |
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19 Dec 11 - 12:24 PM (#3276596) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gypsy's Wedding Day From: GUEST,Captain Swing That should be, "So I set off to London" not "of" |
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19 Dec 11 - 12:29 PM (#3276601) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gypsy's Wedding Day From: GUEST,Captain Swing More info https://mainlynorfolk.info/joseph.taylor/songs/thegipsysweddingday.html |
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19 Dec 11 - 01:30 PM (#3276629) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gypsy's Wedding Day From: Mick Pearce (MCP) The lyrics for the song the OP requested (all those years ago!) are available here: Gipsies' Wedding Day - lyricsmania Mick |
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25 Jun 20 - 03:46 PM (#4061365) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gypsy's Wedding Day From: Joe Offer My friend Louise sang this last night, and it was wonderful. Little Gypsy Girl or Gypsy’s Wedding Day My father is the king of all the gypsies, it is true. My mother she has learned me a camping thing or two. They put my pack upon my back and they all did wish well And I started out for London town some fortunes for to tell. As I was a walking all down a London Street A handsome young squire I chanced for to meet. He viewed my brown cheeks, and he liked them so well He said, “My little Gypsy girl, can you my fortune tell?” “Oh! yes, Sir,” I said to him,”please hold to me your hand. I see you have riches and houses and fine land. But all those pretty maidens, you must put them to one side, For I’m the little Gypsy girl that is to be your bride.” He took me to his castle there were carpets on the floor And servants there waiting to open every door. There were ladies there of honor and sweet music it did play And all was for to celebrate the Gypsy’s wedding day. So it’s farewell to the Gypsy life and camping on the green. No more with my brothers and my sisters I’ll be seen. Once I was a Gypsy girl, but now a squire”s bride With servants here to wait on me and in my carriage ride. Louise says: I’m not sure where I hear it. Maybe on a Tim O’Brian CD. Cathy Dyer suggested I would enjoy is music when I was visiting her and Peter in New Zealand. I found one of his cd’s here at Armadillo (Back in the days when we could still going stores!). It has several fun songs on it. |
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25 Jun 20 - 04:59 PM (#4061377) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gypsy's Wedding Day From: MartinNail Joe, there are lots of versions of this song of course but this looks to me very like the one collected from Louise Holmes of Dinedor in Herefordshire by Peter Kennedy and published his Folksongs of Britain & Ireland. Quite a few people such as Shirley Collins learnt it from a BBC recording of her. All you need to fill in the rest of the chain of transmission! |
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25 Jun 20 - 07:06 PM (#4061399) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gypsy's Wedding Day From: Captain Swing Joseph Taylor sang The Gipsy's Wedding Day in 1908, which was recorded on wax cylinders for Percy Grainger and published in 1972 on the Leader LP Unto Brigg Fair and in 1998 on the Topic anthology of songs of courtship and marriage Come Let Us Buy the Licence. (The Voice of the People Volume 1). The original album's sleeve notes say: This song was in the repertoires of many of the Lincolnshire singers that Grainger obtained songs from. Despite the strictures and suspicions of many of the early collectors connected with the Folk Song Society, the tune (or versions of it) has done great service with many associated texts; among them might be mentioned The Banks of Sweet Dundee, On Board the “Kangaroo” and The Handsome Cabin Boy. Mr O'Shaughnessy notes its resemblance to The Bluebell's of Scotland. See also FSJ No. 5. Sound recordings: BBC 18691, Col 15519, FA 2362. Shirley Collins sang this song with somewhat different verses as The Little Gypsy Girl. She recorded this in 1971 for her album with the Albion Country Band, No Roses and it was reissued on her anthology A Favourite Garland. Her album's sleeve notes cite Louise Holmes of Hereford as source and comment: Recorded in the field in the 1950's by Peter Kennedy for the BBC Archives. Peter, along with Alan Lomax, Bob Copper, Hamish Henderson and Sean O'Boyle, was responsible for collecting traditional music from all over the British Isles. All the recordings are lodged in the archives at the BBC. I've done a few radio programmes from them, and a lot of the discs are warped. I hope someone's taking care of them—it's a unique collection and deserves to be treated with a lot more care and respect. She also sang it live with the Etchingham Steam Band in June 1975 at the 4. Folk-Festival auf der Lenzburg, reissued on Within Sound, and in July 1975 at Lewes Folk Day; the latter recording is available on the CD The Etchingham Steam Band. The Broadside sang The Gipsy's Wedding Day in 1971 as the title track of their album of Lincolnshire folk songs, The Gipsy's Wedding Day. They noted: Another Joseph Taylor item, and one of the most attractive in The Broadside's repertoire. Grainger reported that the song was “very generally sung in Lincolnshire”. The tune is a variant of the air to The Blue Bells of Scotland. from: https://mainlynorfolk.info/joseph.taylor/songs/thegipsysweddingday.html |
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25 Jun 20 - 08:31 PM (#4061411) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gypsy's Wedding Day From: Tattie Bogle It's on one of Eliza Carthy's albums too, which is where I first heard it. |
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28 Jun 20 - 05:20 AM (#4061825) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gypsy's Wedding Day From: GUEST,vectis Mary Humphries sings it too. She may well know its origins. |
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28 Jun 20 - 10:09 AM (#4061878) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gypsy's Wedding Day From: Steve Gardham This isn't an origins thread, but if anyone is interested I can check it out. |
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28 Jun 20 - 10:50 AM (#4061884) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gypsy's Wedding Day From: cnd I see no harm in doing that! Sounds like it may have some interesting origins. |
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28 Jun 20 - 03:13 PM (#4061909) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gypsy's Wedding Day From: Steve Gardham Widely printed in England and Scotland in the 19th century mostly titled 'The Little Gipsy Girl'. The earliest I have is titled 'Fortune Teller', song 19 in 'The New Winter's Amusement and Jolly Toper's Companion' printed by Evans of London c1790 ref BL 1077 g.47.8.19 If pushed I would guess it came from a late 18th century theatre production. |