A gypsy rover came over the hill
Down through the valley so shady
He whistled and he sang ’til the green woods rang
And he won the heart of a lady.
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.
She left her father’s castle gate.
She left her own fine lover.
She left her servants and her state
To follow her gypsy rover.
Her father saddled up his fastest stead
And roamed the valley all over.
Sought his daughter at great speed
And the whistlin’ gypsy rover.
He came at last to a mansion fine
Down by the river Claydee.
And there was music and there was wine
For the gypsy and his lady.
“Have you forsaken your house and home
Have you forsaken your baby
Have you forsaken your husband dear
For a whistling gypsy rover?”
He is no gypsy, my Father dear
but Lord of these lands all over.
And I shall stay ’til my dying day
with my whistlin’ gypsy rover.