C	G	C	G	C	G	C	G
The	gypsy	rover came	over the	hill, and	down through the	valley so	sha	dy,

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He	whistled and he	sang till the	green woods	rang, and	he won the	heart of a	la	-	dy

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

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He	whistled and he	sang till the	green woods	rang, and	he won the	heart of a	la	-	dy

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She	left her	father's	castle	gates, she	left her	own fine	lo	ver

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She	left her	servants and	her es	tate, to	follow the	gypsy	ro	-	ver

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She	left be	hind her	velvet	gown, and	shoes of	Spanish	lea	ther

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They	whistled and they	sang till the	green woods	rang, as	they rode	off to	ge	-	ther

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Last	night she	slept on a	goose feather	bed, with	silken	sheets for	co	ver

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	Tonight she sleeps	on the	hard cold	ground,	beside her	gypsy	lo	-	ver

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Her	father	saddled up his	fastest	steed, and	roamed the	valleys all	o	ver

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He	sought his	daughter	at great	speed, and the	whistling	gypsy	ro	-	ver

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He	came at	last to a	mansion	fine,	down by the	river	Clay	dee

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And	there was	music and	there was	wine, for the	gypsy	and his	la	-	dy

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"Have	you for	saken your	house and	home? have	you for	saken your	ba	by?

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Have	you for	saken your	husband	dear, for a	whistling	gypsy	ro	-	ver?"

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"He	is no	gypsy, my	father" she	said, "but	lord of these	free land all	o	ver

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And	I will	stay till my	dying	day, with my	whistling	gypsy	ro	-	ver"