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Gypsy Rover
Also know as Whistling Gypsy Rover, this is always a popular song.... and fun to do. This was one of the first irish songs I ever learned... Some variations: Some performers will put an extra syllable in the first line of the chorus: "Ah-de-do, ah-de-do-da-dee-day" (but this is the way I first heard it on a Clancy Brothers album.) and you will also hear some folks do "hah" instead of "ah." I think I did run across another verse. If I find it again I will post it. If you are good at whistling, it is quite nice to whistle the tune as you are beginning and ending the song, and it is an easy one to learn on the whistle or recorder. There are good opportunities for harmony, too.G D G
The gypsy rover came over the hill
G D G D
Down through the valley so shady,
G D G Em
He whistled and he sang 'til the greenwoods rang,
G C G C G
And he won the heart of a la-----dy.G D G
Chorus: Ah-de-do, ah-de-do-da-day,
G D G D
Ah-de-do, ah-de-day-dee
G D G Em
He whistled and he sang 'til the greenwoods rang,
G C G C G
And he won the heart of a la-----dy.G D G
She left her father's castle gates
G D G D
She left her own fine lover
G D G Em
She left her servants and her estate
G C G C G
To follow the gypsy rover.G D G
Her father saddled up his fastest steed
G D G D
And roamed the valleys all over
G D G Em
Sought his daughter at great speed
G C G C G
And the whistling gypsy rover.G D G
He came at last to a mansion fine,
G D G D
Down by the river Claydee
G D G Em
And there was music and there was wine,
G C G C G
For the gypsy and his lady.G D G
"He is no gypsy, my father" she said
G D G D
"But lord of these lands all over,
G D G Em
And I shall stay 'til my dying day
G C G C G
With my whistling gypsy rover."Return to the Irish Songs
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