Down to the valley so shady
He whistled and he sang as the green woods rang
And he won the heart of a lady
She left her father's castle fine
She left her own true lover
She left her servants and her estate
To follow the gypsy rover
Her father saddled his fastest steed
He rode the valleys all over
He sought his daughter at great speed
And the whistling gypsy rover
He came at last to a mansion fine
down by the river Clady
and there was music and there was wine
for the gypsy and his lady
He's no gypsy my father she said
But lord of these lands all over
And I will stay til my dying day
With my whistling gypsy rover