1. The gypsy rover came over the hill

Down through the valley so shady,

He whistled and he sang 'til the greenwoods rang,

And he won the heart of a lady.



Chorus:

Ah-de-do, ah-de-do-da-day,

Ah-de-do, ah-de-da-ay

He whistled and he sang 'til the greenwoods rang,

And he won the heart of a lady.



2. She left her father's castle gates

She left her own fine lover

She left her servants and her state

To follow the gypsy rover.



3. Her father saddled up his fastest steed

And roamed the valleys all over

Sought his daughter at great speed

And the whistling gypsy rover.



4. He came at last to a mansion fine,

Down by the river Claydee

And there was music and there was wine,

For the gypsy and his lady.



5. "He is no gypsy, my father" she said

"But lord of these lands all over,

And I shall stay 'til my dying day

With my whistling gypsy rover