A whistling gypsy came over the hill,
Down through the valley so shady
He whistled and he sang 'til the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady
He whistled and he sang 'til the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady
When the whistling gypsy sings, when the whistling gypsy plays
She left her father's castle gate,
She left her handsome young lover
She left her servants and her estate,
To follow the gypsy rover
When the whistling gypsy sings, when the whistling gypsy plays
When the whistling gypsy sings, I'll run away
Her father mounted his fastest steed,
To search the valleys all over
He searched for his daughter with great speed,
And the whistling gypsy rover
He came upon a castle fine, down by the river so shady
And there was music and there was wine, for the gypsy and his lady
When the whistling gypsy sings, when the whistling gypsy plays
When the whistling gypsy sings, I'll run away
He is no gypsy, my father she said, but lord of all these lands over
With him I'll stay 'til my dying day, in love with the gypsy rover