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Performed by so many it has nearly reached "trad" status but its the Clancy Brothers version that we hear in our heads.

    Whistling Gypsy Rover

    by Leo Maguire
    A [F] gypsy [C] rover came [F] over the [C] hill
    [F] Down through the [C] valley so [F] sha- [C] dy.
    He [F] whistled and he [C] sang ‘til the [F] green woods [Bb] rang
    And [F] >he< won the [C] heart of a [F] la- [Bb] a- [F] dy.

    ( Chorus
    Ah-dee-doo-ah-dee-doo-dah-day
    Ah-dee-doo-ah-dee-day-dee
    He whistled and he sang ‘til the green woods rang
    And he won the heart of a lady. )

    She left her father’s castle gate.
    She left her own fine lover.
    She left her servants and her state
    To follow her gypsy rover.

    Chorus

    Her father saddled up his fastest steed
    And roamed the valley all over.
    Sought his daughter at great speed
    And the whistlin’ gypsy rover.

    Chorus

    He came at last to a mansion fine
    Down by the river so shaddy.
    And there was music and there was wine
    For the gypsy and his lady.

    Chorus

    “He is no gypsy, my Father,” she cried
    “but Lord of these lands all over.
    And I shall stay ‘til my dying day
    with my whistlin’ gypsy rover.”

    Chorus