The Gypsy Rover

Words & Music -- Traditional
Recorded by The Highwaymen, 1961 (#42)


     G    D          G        Em    G        C      G  D
A gypsy rover came over the hill, into the valley shady;

     G              C            G    G/F#  Em
He whistled and he sang til the green wood rang,

    G           C         G  - C - G - C - G - G - D
And he won the heart of a la   -   dy.

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.

Refrain:

G        C     G             D
Ah-dee-doo-ah-dee-doo-dah-day,

G        C         G  D7
Ah-dee-doo-ah-dee-day-dee,

      G             C            G    G/F#   Em
He whistled and he sang til the green woods rang

     G            C       G -  C - G - C
And he won the heart of a la  -   dy.

Her father mounted his fastest steed, 
And searched the valley all over;
He sought his daughter at great speed
And the whistling gypsy rover.

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

Refrain:

"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 whistling gypsy rover."

Refrain:



 
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