The gypsy rover came over the hill,
Bound thru 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 do, ah di do da day,
Ah di do, ah di day dee,
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 true lover,
She left her servants and her estate,
To follow the gypsy rover.
Her father saddled his fastest steed,
Roamed the valley all over,
Sought his daughter at great speed,
And the whistling gypsy rover.
He came at last to a mansion fine,
Down by the river Clayde,
And there was music, and there was wine,
For the gypsy and his lady.
He's no gypsy, my Father, said she,
But Lord of these lands all over,
And I will stay till my dying day,
With my whistling gypsy rover.