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The gypsy rover came over the hill,
Down through the valley so shady;
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
Ah-di-do, ah-di-do ah-dey,
Ah-di-do, ah-di dey-o;
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
She left her father's castle gate,
She left her own true lover;
She left her servants and her estate,
To follow the gypsy rover.
Ah-di-do, ah-di-do ah-dey,
Ah-di-do, ah-di dey-o;
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
Her father saddled his fastest steed,
Roamed the valley all over;
Sought his daughter at great speed,
And the whistling gypsy rover.
Ah-di-do, ah-di-do ah-dey,
Ah-di-do, ah-di dey-o;
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
He came at last to a mansion fine,
Down by the river Calyde;
And there was music and there was wine,
For the gypsy and his lady.
Ah-di-do, ah-di-do ah-dey,
Ah-di-do, ah-di dey-o;
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
"He's no gypsy, my father," she said,
"But lord of the freelands all over;
And I will stay till my dying day,
With my whistling gypsy rover.
Ah-di-do, ah-di-do ah-dey,
Ah-di-do, ah-di dey-o;
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
This variant was recorded by Leo McGuire of Dublin, Ireland, ca.1950.
A variant was also recorded by the Irish Descendants as Raggle-Taggle Gypsy.
A variant was collected in 1951 from Mrs. T. Ghaney of Fermeuse, NL, and published as Roving Gypsy in MacEdward Leach And The Songs Of Atlantic Canada © 2004 Memorial University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive (MUNFLA).
A variant was also collected in 1958 from Freeman Bennett of St.Paul's, NL, by Ken Peacock and published as Gypsy Laddie-O in Songs Of The Newfoundland Outports, Volume 1, p.194, by the National Museum of Canada (1965) Crown Copyrights Reserved.
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The [G] Gypsy [D] Rover came [G] over the [D] hill,
[G] Down through the [D] valley so [G] shady [D];
He [G] whistled and he [D] sang till the [G] green woods [C] rang,
And [G] he won the [D] heart of a [G] l-[C] ady. [G] [D7]
