Whistling Gypsy




McGuinn's Folk Den show

Summary: How do I download this Mp3?Mp3: Whistling Gypsy This is one of the great Irish folk songs I played night after night with the Chad Mitchell Trio. It's a fine love song for May. Lyrics: The [A] Gypsy [E7]rover, come [A] over the [E7] hill, [A] down through the [E7] valley so [A] shady. [E7] He [A] whistled and he [E7] sang til the [A] green woods [F#m] rang And [A] he won the [D] heart of a [A] lady [E7] Ah dee doo ah dee doo da 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 fathers castle gate, she left her own young lover She left her servants and her state, to follow the gypsy rover Ah dee doo ah dee doo da 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 Her father saddled up his fastest stead, roamed the valleys all over Sought his daughter at great speed and the whistling gypsy rover Ah dee doo ah dee doo da 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 He came at last to a mansion fine, down by the river Clady And there was music and there was wine, for the gypsy and his lady Ah dee doo ah dee doo da 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 He is no gypsy, my father, she said, but lord of these lands all over And I will stay til my dying day, with my whistling gypsy rover Ah dee doo ah dee doo da 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