The gypsy rover came over the hill
Down thro the valley so shady
He whistled and sang till the green-woods rang
And he won the heart of a lady
(Chorus)
Ah de doo ah de doo da day
Ah de doo ah de day de
He whistled and sang till 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 valleys 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 Clady
And there was music and there was wine
For the gypsy and his lady
(5)
"He is no gypsy, father dear
But lord of these lands all over
I'm going to stay 'til my dying day
With my whistling gypsy rover."
WORDS AND MUSIC BY LEO MAGUIRE
COPYRIGHT 1951 Waltons Piano and Musical Instrument Galleries (Publication Dept) Ltd, Eire
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Lyrics submitted by Tina.