The gypsy rover come over the hill,
down through the valley so shady;
he whistled and he sang,
till the green woods rang,
and he won the heart of a lady.
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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 gate;
she left her own fond lover.
she left her servants and her estate,
to follow the gypsy rover.
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Her father saddled up his fastest steed,
roamed the valleys all over,
sought his daughter at great speed,
and that whistling gypsy rover.
Chorus
He came at last, to a mansion fine,
down by the river so shady,
and there was music, and there was wine,
for the gypsy and his lady.
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He is no gypsy my father she said,
but lord of these lands all over,
and i will stay till my dying day,
with my whistling gypsy rover.
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