The gypsy rover
came over the hill
Down through the
valley so shady
He whistled and
he sang till the
greenwoods rang
And he won the
heart of a lady
Ah-de-do,
ah-de-do-da-day
Ah-de-do,
ah-de-day
He whistled and
he sang till the
greenwoods rang
And he won the
heart of a lady
She left her
father's castle gates
She left her
own fine lover
She left her
servants and
her state
To follow the
gypsy rover
Ah-de-do,
ah-de-do-da-day
Ah-de-do,
ah-de-day
He whistled and
he sang till the
greenwoods rang
And he won the
heart of a lady
He is no gypsy,
my father,
she said
But lord of these
lands all over
And I shall stay
till my dying day
With my whistling
gypsy rover
Ah-de-do,
ah-de-do-da-day
Ah-de-do,
ah-de-day
He whistled and
he sang till the
greenwoods rang
And he won the
heart of a lady