Gypsy Laddie chords by
Jean Ritchie
Jean Ritchie

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Key: A minor
Verse 1
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G

An English lord came home one night,
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Am

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inquiring for his lady.
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The servant said,
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on every hen she's gone
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with a gypsy lady.
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Go saddle up my milk -white steed,
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go saddle me up my brownie,
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Dm

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And I will ride both night and day,
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till I overtake my Bonnie.
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Am

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Oh, he rode east and he rode west,
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and at last he found her.
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She was lying on the green,
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G

green grass
and the gypsy's arms all around her.
Oh, how can you leave
your house and land?
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How can you leave your money?
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G

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How can you leave your rich young lord
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to be a gypsy's bonnie?
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How can you leave your
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house and land?
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How can you leave your baby?
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How can you leave your rich young lord
to be a gypsy's lady?
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Oh, come go home with me, my dear.
Come home and be my lover.
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I'll furnish you with a room so neat
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with a silken bed and covers.
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I won't go home with you, sir,
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nor will I be your lover.
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I care not for your room so neat,
or your silken bed, or your covers.
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It's I can leave my house and land,
and I can leave my baby.
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Am

I'm going to roam this world around
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and be a gypsy's lady.
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Oh, soon this lady changed her mind.
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Her clothes grew old and faded.
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Her hose and shoes came off her feet
and left them bare and naked.
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Just what befell this lady now?
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I think it worth relating.
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Her gypsy found another lesson
left her heart a -breaking.

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsAm G Dm D

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