The Gypsy Rover

The Gypsy rover went over the hill
Down to the valley so shady
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang
For he won the heart of a lady

Ha di do, ah dido da day, ah di do, ah di day-ee
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang
For 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

Her father saddled his fastest steed
He searched the valley all over
He sought his daughter at great speed
And the whistling 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

"He is no Gypsy, my father," said she
"But a lord of freelands all over
And I will stay to my dying day
With my whistling Gypsy rover