The Gypsy Laddie
No: 200; variant: 200H
- THERE came a gang o gipsies by,
And they was singing so merry, O
Till they gained the heart o my lady gay,
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- As soon as the lord he did come in,
Enquired for his lady, O
And some o the sarvants did-a reply,
'Her's away wi the gipsy laddie.' O
- 'O saddle me the bay, and saddle me the grey,
Till I go and sarch for my lady;'
And some o the sarvants did-a reply,
'Her's away wi the gipsy laddie.'
- And he rode on, and he rode off,
Till he came to the gipsies' tentie,
And there he saw his lady gay,
By the side o the gipsy laddie.
- 'Didn't I leave you houses and land?
And didn't I leave you money?
Didn't I leave you three pretty babes
As ever was in yonder green island?'
- 'What care I for houses and land?
And what care I for money?
What do I care for three pretty babes?
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- 'The tother night you was on a feather bed,
Now you're on a straw one,'
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