Gypsy Rover - sung by a friend

The gypsy rover came over the hill,
Through pathways green and shady.
He whistled and he sang 'til the green woods rang
And he won the heart of a lady.

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She left her father's castle gate;
She left her fine young lover.
She left her courtiers and her state
To follow the gypsy rover.

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Her father called his trackers and
His huntsmen from all over.
He sent his men and he sent his hounds
To find the gypsy rover.

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"He is no gypsy, father" she said,
"But lord of this land all over.
"And I shall stay 'til my dying day
"With my whistling gypsy rover."

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Last night she slept on a goose-feather bed
With soft and silken covers.
Tonight she sleeps on the cold hard ground
Beside her gypsy lover.

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