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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
[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