GYPSY LADDIES



Three gypsies came tae our ha' door an' o but they sang bonnie

They sang sae sweet and sae complete that they stole the heart o a lady



Well she's come tripping doun the stair an a her maids gaed 'fore her

And the very first thing that she's gaed tae them was the gold ring off

her finger



She's gaed tae them a fine bottle o the wine, the nutmeg an the ginger

But the very best thing that she gaed tae them wis the gold ring off her

finger



It's you'll take off your silken goon, pit on your tartan plaidie

An ye'll come awa this lea lang nicht for to follow wi the gypsy laddies



Late that night her lord came home enquiring for his lady

The very last sicht that we had o her she was following the gypsy

laddies

Gie saddle tae me my black, my black, gie saddle tae me my pony

And I'll ride oer yon high, high hills in search o my dear lady



He's rade eastand he's rade west and he's rade tae Strathbogie

An there he's spied an auld beggar man and he's speired him for his lady



I've come east an I've come west an I've come frae Stathbogie

An the bonniest lady that eer I saw she was following the gypsy laddies



If this be the truth that ye tell tae me half o my lands I'll gi ye

But if it be a lie that ye tell tae me frae mycastle gates I'll hang ye



He's rade onand further on til he's came tae Strathbogie

An there he spied his ain dear wife lyin doon wi the gypsy laddies



Wid ye forsake yer houses an yer land, wid ye forsake yer baby

Wid ye forsake yer ain wedded lord tae gae follow wi the gypsy laddies



Yes I'd forsake my houses and my land, I'd even forsake my baby

I'd forsake my ain wedded lord tae gae wi the gypsy laddies

Last nicht I lay in a fine featherbed, my ain wedded lord lang beside me

This nicht I will lie in a cold barn shed wi the gypsies lyin a aroon me



For they are seven brothers o' us a', an' a' o' them sae bonnie

They were hanged every man according tae the law for the stealin o a gay

lord's lady



sung by Cila Fisher and Artie Treizise

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