When I go down to the harbour,

Watch the boats go out to sea

I sometimes wish that one was takin' me

I could hide down in a lifeboat

Watch the fishes jump for joy

Life's so easy for a gypsy boy



A man who carries nothin' but the hat upon his head

Is a man with nothin' cloudin' up his mind

The only kind of work he likes

Is not to be employed

Life's so easy for a gypsy boy



But if you're just a gypsy in your heart

And it's hidin' in an undiscovered part

You can watch the boats go by

And float downstream

You still can be a gypsy in your dreams



When I go down to the harbour

Watch the boats go out to sea

I sometimes wish that one was takin' me

But it don't really matter

It's just a fancy I enjoy

Life's so easy for a gypsy boy