Irish traditional song lyrics — collected by Beer Belly Band.
A whistling gypsy came 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
Chorus:
Ah-dee-doo Ah-dee-doo-da-day
Ah-dee-doo Ah-dee-day-dee
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady
Chorus
She left her father’s castle gate
She left her own fond lover
She left her servants and her state
To follow the gypsy rover
Chorus
Her father saddle his fastest steed
He roamed the valleys all over
He sought his daughter at great speed
And the whistling gypsy rover
Chorus
He came at last to a mansion fine
Down by the river Claudy
And there was servants and there was wine
For the gypsy and his lady
Chorus
He is no gypsy, oh father, she cried
But Lord of these lands all over
And I will stay till my dying day
With the whistling gypsy rover
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