The Gypsy Rover

The Gypsy Rover is a soft song (ballad) from Ireland heard in Here Comes A Song.

Origins
The song was written by Dublin songwriter Leo Maguire in the 1950s.

Production
Greg sings solo and whistles, Murray plays the bass guitar and Anthony and Peter Mackie from The Cockroaches play the acoustic guitars.

1992 Version

 * Music & Lyrics: Leo Maguire
 * Arrangement: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Publisher: EMI Music

2016 Version

 * Music & Lyrics: Leo Maguire
 * Arrangement: Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie
 * Publisher: Wiggly Tunes

Musicians

 * Vocals & Whistling - Greg Page
 * Bass Guitar - Murray Cook
 * Acoustic Guitar - Anthony Field, Peter Mackie

1992
Greg: (Whistling)

The Gypsy Rover came over the hill,

Down thru the valley so shady;

He whistled and he sang til the greenwood rang,

And he won the heart of a lady.

A dee do a dee do die day,

A dee do a dee day-o

He whistled and he sang til the greenwood rang,

And he won the heart of a lady.

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.

A dee do a dee do die day,

A dee do a dee day-o

He whistled and he sang til the greenwood rang,

And he won the heart of a lady.

"He is no gypsy, my father" she said

"But lord of the three lands all over,

And I will stay 'til my dying day

With my whistling gypsy rover."

A dee do a dee do die day,

A dee do a dee day-o

He whistled and he sang til the greenwood rang,

And he won the heart of a lady.

(Whistling)

2016
Lachy: (Whistling)

The Gypsy Rover came over the hill,

Down thru the valley so shady;

He whistled and he sang til the greenwood rang,

And he won the heart of a lady.

A dee do a dee do die day,

A dee do a dee day-o

He whistled and he sang til the greenwood rang,

And he won the heart of a lady.

She left her home her castle great

she left her fair young lover

she left her servants and her estate

to follow the Gypsy Rover.

A dee do a dee do die day,

A dee do a dee day-o

He whistled and he sang til the greenwood rang,

And he won the heart of a lady.

Her father saddled up his fastest steed

roamed the valleys all over

sought his daughter at great speed

and the whistlin' Gypsy Rover.

A dee do a dee do die day,

A dee do a dee day-o

He whistled and he sang

Til the greenwood rang,

And he won the heart of a lady.

He came unto a mansion fine, Down by the river Claydee

And there was music and there was wine,

For the gypsy and his lady.

A dee do a dee do die day,

A dee do a dee day-o

He whistled and he sang til the greenwood rang,

And he won the heart of a lady.

"He is no gypsy, my father" she said

"But lord of the three lands all over,

And I will stay 'til my dying day

With my whistling gypsy rover."

A dee do a dee do die day,

A dee do a dee day-o

He whistled and he sang til the greenwood rang,

And he won the heart of a lady.

(Whistling)

Album Appearances

 * Here Comes A Song
 * Let's Wiggle
 * Lachy!