The whistling gypsy came over the hill,
down to the valley so shady;
he whistled and he sang,
till the green woods rang,
and he won the heart of a lady.
Chorus:
ah di doo ah di doo dah day,
ah di doo ah de da-a-y
he whistled and he sang,
till the green woods rang,
and he won the heart of a lady.
She left her father's castle gates;
she left her own fond lover,
she left her servants and her estate,
to follow the gypsy rover.
Chorus
He is no gypsy my father she said,
but lord of these lands over;
with him i'll stay till my dying day,
and follow the gypsy rover.
Chorus
The whistling gypsy came over the hill,
down to the valley so shady;
he whistled and he sang,
till the green woods rang,
and he won the heart of a lady.
Chorus