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Gypsy Rover
Traditional (attributed to Leo Maguire, ~1950)

Chorus
Ah-dee-doo-ah-dee-doo-dah-day
Ah-dee-doo-ah-dee-day-dee
He whistled and he sang 'til the green woods rang
And he won the heart of a lady.

A gypsy rover came over the hill
into the valley so shady.
He whistled and he sang 'til the green woods rang
and he won the heart of a lady.

Chorus...

She left her father's castle gate.
She left her own true lover.
She left her servants and her estate
to follow her gypsy rover.

Chorus...

Her father mounted his fastest stead
and searched the valley all over.
He sought his daughter at great speed
and the whistlin' gypsy rover.

Chorus...

At last he came to a mansion fine
down by the river glady.
And there was music and there was wine
for the gypsy and his lady.

Chorus...

"He is no gypsy, my Father," she cried
"but Lord of these lands all over.
And I shall stay 'til my dying day
with my whistlin' gypsy rover."

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