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The Whistlin' Gypsy

The whistlin' 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

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Ah - dee - doo, ah - dee - doo - dah - 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

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

Chorus (First line of above chorus + last line of preceeding verse)

Her father saddled up his fastest steed, he roamed the valley all over
He sought his daughter at great speed and the whistlin' gypsy rover

Chorus (First line of above chorus + last line of preceeding verse)

He came at last to a mansion fine down by the river Clady
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 shall stay till my dying day with my whistlin' gypsy rover

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